Abstract:It is now more than a decade since the door was thrown open to medical treatment of hairy cell leukemia (HCL). Five out of 6 patients with the disease had responded to leukocyte interferon (α-IFNleu). And throughout the years following, all new drugs developed for low-grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL) triggered excellent activity in this rare leukemia. The review describes the potential, dosage, and handling of the 3 new antileukemic drugs in HCL that emerged after the detection of the efficiency … Show more
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