Chemosensitivity in vitro to 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine and 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine in previously unexposed cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
T. Koski et al., Chemosensitivity in vitro to 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine and 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine in previously unexposed cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, LEUK RES, 23(3), 1999, pp. 277-279
The chemosensitivity of leukemia cells, obtained from the peripheral blood
of 35 patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia, was determined by
a leucine-incorporation assay in vitro. There was good correlation between
the sensitivities to two purine analogs, 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine and 9-beta-
D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine among previously untreated patients when
tested at the 80% inhibition level. Previous exposure to chlorambucil did
not affect the sensitivity to these compounds. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Lt
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