Open AccessEfficacy of pegaspargase in extra nodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma nasal type
Author(s) -
Xi Xiong,
Zhiqiang Cai,
Jiyuan Yang,
Xiaohong Shu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.140750
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , t cell lymphoma , methotrexate , asparaginase , dexamethasone , natural killer t cell , cancer research , immunology , t cell , leukemia , lymphoblastic leukemia , immune system
Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, is a rare and highly aggressive disease with a grim prognosis. There is no known satisfactory treatment. The author herein to report one case of L-asparaginase extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma primary treated with L-asparaginase methotrexate and dexamethasone