B. Mahe et al., OCCURRENCE OF A T-CELL LYMPHOMA IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC MYELOID-LEUKEMIA TREATED WITH ALPHA-INTERFERON, Leukemia & lymphoma, 19(5-6), 1995, pp. 515-517
A patient treated by recombinant human alpha interferon for chronic my
eloid leukemia developed a T cell lymphoma. The T cell lymphoma cells
were demonstrated to be genotypically different from the chronic myelo
id leukemia cells. The possible role of interferon therapy in stimulat
ing T cell proliferation is discussed.