“…6,7 In B-cell and T-cell prolymphocytic leukemias, response rates as high as 76% have been reported. [8][9][10] Other malignancies that express CD52 are potential targets for alemtuzumab therapy, including acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), hairy cell leukemia, and Waldenstro¨m's macroglobulinemia. 11 Within the setting of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for hematologic malignancies, alemtuzumab has been used extensively, both in vivo and ex vivo, to deplete T cells in the graft and in the recipient, a simple procedure that is effective in controlling graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), one of the major causes of post transplant morbidity and mortality.…”