Salvage therapy with decitabine in combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, low-dose cytarabine, and aclarubicin in patients with refractory or relapsed early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Tongyan Meng
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorYao Yao
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorYang Xu
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorShengli Xue
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorYue Han
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaowen Tang
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorHuiying Qiu
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorAining Sun
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorDepei Wu
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Yanming Zhang
Department of Hematology, The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, Huai'an, China
Correspondence
Ying Wang, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 188 Shizi St, Suzhou 215006, China.
Email: [email protected]
Yanming Zhang, Department of Hematology, The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, 62 Huaihai South Rd, Huai'an 223302, China.
Email: [email protected]
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Ying Wang
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Correspondence
Ying Wang, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 188 Shizi St, Suzhou 215006, China.
Email: [email protected]
Yanming Zhang, Department of Hematology, The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, 62 Huaihai South Rd, Huai'an 223302, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorTongyan Meng
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorYao Yao
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorYang Xu
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorShengli Xue
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorYue Han
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorXiaowen Tang
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorHuiying Qiu
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorAining Sun
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorDepei Wu
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Yanming Zhang
Department of Hematology, The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, Huai'an, China
Correspondence
Ying Wang, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 188 Shizi St, Suzhou 215006, China.
Email: [email protected]
Yanming Zhang, Department of Hematology, The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, 62 Huaihai South Rd, Huai'an 223302, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ying Wang
National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Collaborative Innovation Center of Hematology, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Correspondence
Ying Wang, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 188 Shizi St, Suzhou 215006, China.
Email: [email protected]
Yanming Zhang, Department of Hematology, The Second People's Hospital of Huai'an, 62 Huaihai South Rd, Huai'an 223302, China.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorTongyan Meng and Yao Yao contributed equally to this study.
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