Volume 16 Issue 3, March 2002

New drugs for therapy of AML

• EH Estey

Granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) priming with successive concomitant low-dose Ara-C for elderly patients with secondary/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or advanced myelodysplastic syndrome

• HA Rossi
• J O'Donnell
• PS Becker

The enhanced in vitro hematopoietic activity of leridistim, a chimeric dual G-CSF and IL-3 receptor agonist

• AL Abegg
• LE Vickery
• WG Smith

Cell cycle progression of chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells is controlled by cyclin D2, cyclin D3, cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) 4 and the cdk inhibitor p27

• T Decker
• F Schneller
• C Peschel

Apoptosis induction by hypercross-linking of the surface antigen CD5 with anti-CD5 monoclonal antibodies in B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

• DP Cioca
• K Kitano

Molecular cytogenetic analysis of 10;11 rearrangements in acute myeloid leukemia

• H Van Limbergen
• B Poppe
• F Speleman

The AFT024 stromal cell line supports long-term ex vivo maintenance of engrafting multipotent human hematopoietic progenitors

• JA Nolta
• FT Thiemann
• GM Crooks

Acquired skewing of Lyonization remains stable for a prolonged period in healthy blood donors

• JP van Dijk
• L Heuver
• T de Witte

Fusion gene transcripts and Ig/TCR gene rearrangements are complementary but infrequent targets for PCR-based detection of minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia

• N Boeckx
• MJ Willemse
• JJM van Dongen

Inhibitors of angiogenesis selectively reduce the malignant cell load in rodent models of human myeloid leukemias

• PO Iversen
• DR Sorensen
• HB Benestad

IL-1β expression in IgM monoclonal gammopathy and its relationship to multiple myeloma

• KA Donovan
• MQ Lacy
• JA Lust

Real-time quantitative PCR assays for deoxycytidine kinase, deoxyguanosine kinase and 5’-nucleotidase mRNA measurement in cell lines and in patients with leukemia

• E Månsson
• E Liliemark
• F Albertioni

Transcription-mediated amplification and hybridisation protection assay to determine BCR-ABL transcript levels in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia

• SE Langabeer
• RE Gale
• DC Linch

Cell Cycle Checkpoints and Cancer

• Jiri Bartek

Erratum: Atypical lymphocytic leukemia and mantle cell lymphoma immunologically very close: flow cytometric distinction by the use of CD20 and CD54 expression

• V Deneys
• L Michaux
• M De Bruyère

2nd European Workshop On Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation 12–14 October 2000, Perugia, Italy and Workshop On Haploidentical Stem Cell Transplantation 18–19 November 2000, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Haploidentical ‘megadose’ CD34⁺ cell transplants for patients with acute leukemia

• MF Martelli
• Y Reisner

Abstracts

Second European Workshop on haploidentical stem cell transplantation (12–14 October 2000 – Perugia, Italy)

• ZN Berneman

Workshop on haploidentical stem cell transplantation: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 18-19 November 2000

• IR Walker

Haploidentical ‘megadose’ stem cell transplantation in acute leukemia: recommendations for a protocol agreed upon at the Perugia and Chicago meetings

• R Champlin
• C Hesdorffer
• N Schmitz

Abstract Author Index