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Query: UNIPROT:Q06643 (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma)
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We have administered 1039 courses of high-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) to 652 cancer patients. Five hundred ninety-six patients had metastatic cancer that either had failed standard effective therapies or had disease for which no standard effective therapy existed, and 56 patients were treated in the absence of evaluable disease in the adjuvant setting. IL-2 was administered either alone (155 patients) or in conjunction with activated immune cells such as lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cells (214 patients) or tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) (66 patients), with other cytokines such as alpha interferon (a-IFN)(128 patients) or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)(38 patients), with monoclonal antibodies (32 patients), or with the chemotherapeutic agent cyclophosphamide (19 patients). Initial results with the treatment of high-dose IL-2 alone or in conjunction with LAK cells have indicated that objective regressions of cancer can be achieved in 20% to 35% of patients with selected advanced metastatic cancers. Although most responses have been seen in patients with metastatic renal cell cancer, melanoma, colorectal cancer, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, many histologic types of cancer have not been treated in significant numbers. These regressions can be durable; of 18 patients achieving a complete response, ten have not experienced recurrence at intervals from 18 to 52 months. Although combinations of IL-2 with TNF do not appear to result in increased responses, there is a suggestion in our initial phase I studies that the combination of a-IFN and IL-2 is more effective than the administration of cytokine alone and this combination deserves further study. Similarly the adoptive transfer of TIL in conjunction with IL-2 also appears to be more effective than the use of IL-2 alone. The toxic side effects in patients treated with high-dose IL-2 are presented and include malaise, nausea and vomiting, hypotension, fluid retention, and organ dysfunction. Treatment-related deaths were seen in 1% of all treatment courses and in 1.5% of patients. These studies demonstrate that a purely immunologic manipulation can mediate the regression of advanced cancers in selected patients and may provide a base for the development of practical, effective biologic treatments for some cancer patients.
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PMID:Experience with the use of high-dose interleukin-2 in the treatment of 652 cancer patients. 267 56

In an attempt to assess the effects and toxicity of brief induction chemotherapy plus involved-field irradiation for localized intermediate- and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, we conducted a single-arm prospective trial between May 1987 and July 1991. Patients received four cycles of a five-drug chemotherapy regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisolone, and bleomycin (CHOP-Bleo) followed by involved-field irradiation of 30 Gy. Of 32 patients consecutively enrolled, 30 patients had measurable and/or evaluable disease, while two had no evaluable disease, as their major tumors had been surgically removed. All the patients were in complete remission at the conclusion of all treatment. Four patients have relapsed so far and one died of the disease at 17 months. With a median follow-up time of 33 months (range, 8 to 58), the actuarial disease-free survival rate was 82% and the overall survival rate was 96%. The toxicity was generally mild and all the patients received the planned treatment course. This treatment modality appeared to be safe and effective for localized intermediate- and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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PMID:Brief induction chemotherapy followed by involved-field irradiation for the treatment of localized intermediate- and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 768 60

Donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI) are used to treat relapsed haematological diseases after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). We treated seven patients with DLI for indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma relapsed after SCT. In available blood and bone marrow samples, lymphoma cells were analysed by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction of t(14;18)-positive cells in follicular lymphoma, and by immunophenotyping in small lymphocytic lymphoma. Before DLI, three patients were treated with chemo- and/or radiotherapy, and one with rituximab. Evaluable responses to pre-DLI therapy were stable disease in one and partial remission (PR) in two patients. Six patients responded to DLI (complete remission (CR) in four and PR in two). After DLI, acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) occurred in 3/6 patients, classified as grade 2, whereas only limited chronic GVHD was seen (n=5). The four continuous CR are lasting for median 65+ (43-89) months. In the remaining patient, not responding to DLI, progressive disease was seen later on; chemotherapy followed by another DLI resulted in CR. In three cases, clinical responses to DLI could be substantiated by molecular or immunophenotypic analysis of lymphoma cells. We conclude that DLI is effective for treatment of indolent lymphoma relapsing after SCT.
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PMID:Graft-versus-lymphoma effect of donor lymphocyte infusion in indolent lymphomas relapsed after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. 1464 70