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Chronic kidney disease stage 5 as the prognostic complement of International Staging System for multiple myelomaLiang Tsai Hsiao
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Eur J Haematol 88:159-66. 2012..However, the prognostic impact of eGFR(MDRD) at diagnosis of MM is not well studied, particularly its use in conjunction with the International Staging System (ISS)...
Hepatitis B infection in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: still unresolvedL T Hsiao
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Hong Kong Med J 15:42-4. 2009..It deserves additional effort to overcome and also presents a chance to elucidate underlying mechanisms of HBV immunity, which are not easily studied in non-HSCT setting...
Graft-versus-T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma effectLiang-Tsai Hsiao
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Hematol 83:193. 2006
Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Taiwan: past, present, and futureP M Chen
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Hong Kong Med J 15:13-6. 2009..With the establishment of professional association and patient supportive groups, we hope we can fully improve our daily practice and clinical as well as basic research in HSCT...
Impact of Port-A-Cath device management in cancer patients with candidaemiaY C Lai
Division of Haematology and Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Hosp Infect 82:281-5. 2012....
Impact of bloodstream infections on outcome and the influence of prophylactic oral antibiotic regimens in allogeneic hematopoietic SCT recipientsC Y Liu
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Bone Marrow Transplant 46:1231-9. 2011..Levofloxacin-based prophylaxis, albeit providing similar efficacy to non-levofloxacin-containing regimens, may be associated with increased antimicrobial resistance...
Relapse of Graves' disease after successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantationL T Hsiao
Division of Medical Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, No. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC
Bone Marrow Transplant 28:1151-3. 2001..Thus, allogeneic BMT may facilitate relapses in autoimmune diseases as well as alleviating them...
Relatively favorable outcomes of post-transplant pulmonary function in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia receiving non-myeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantationM Y Lee
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Eur J Haematol 74:152-7. 2005..We conclude that non-myeloablative allogeneic HSCT may apply a better transplant choice in patients who need special concern with post-transplant pulmonary function changes...
High incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma independent of HPV infection after allogeneic hematopoietic SCT in TaiwanM H Chen
Faculty of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Bone Marrow Transplant 46:567-72. 2011..Moreover, because of the relatively long latency in developing secondary carcinoma, extended follow-up is required for a thorough understanding of the incidence and characteristics of secondary carcinoma after HSCT...
Candidemia in cancer patients: impact of early removal of non-tunneled central venous catheters on outcomeC Y Liu
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Infect 58:154-60. 2009..A second object was to determine whether early CVC removal would benefit a subset of cancer patients...
Molecular analysis of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma of ocular adnexaP M Chen
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Leuk Lymphoma 42:207-14. 2001..Although alteration of the p53 gene is rare for low-grade ocular MALT lymphoma, its role in disease progression merits further research...
How to predict the outcome in mature T and NK cell lymphoma by currently used prognostic models?H N Lin
1 Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 2 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
Blood Cancer J 2:e93. 2012..This study also supported the role of HSCT in patients with high-risk or refractory PTCL or NKTCL...
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe aplastic anemia--experience of an institute in TaiwanL Y Bai
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, 201, Sec 2, Shih-Pai Road, 112 Taipei, Taiwan
Ann Hematol 83:38-43. 2004..040). In conclusion, SAA patients receiving HSCT have good long-term survival. The low incidence of acute GVHD in our patients may be related to ethnicity...
A case of myeloid neoplasm associated with eosinophilia and KIAA1509-PDGFRβ responsive to combination treatment with imatinib mesylate and prednisoloneJ R Y Wang
Division of Haematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Clin Pharm Ther 35:733-6. 2010..Either steroid or imatinib mesylate alone failed to achieve complete haematological response. A synergistic effect of imatinib and steroid is postulated...
Current status of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in TaiwanP M Chen
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan
Bone Marrow Transplant 42:S133-S136. 2008..In conclusion, HSCT has been successfully adapted to routine clinical care in Taiwan. Several important findings contributing to the progress of HSCT in the past two decades have also been noticed on this island...
Acute graft-versus-host disease of the lung with atypical presentationPeng-Chan Lin
Department of Medical Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Int J Hematol 84:1. 2006
Decreased FHIT protein expression correlates with a worse prognosis in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphomaPo Min Chen
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No 201 Shih Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R O C
Oncol Rep 11:349-56. 2004..Our result indicates that abnormal FHIT mRNA expression is noted frequently in NHL cell lines and a certain proportion of NHL patients, and decreased FHIT protein expression indicates a significantly worse prognosis in DLBCLs...
Overexpression of cyclin D1 in accelerated-phase chronic myeloid leukemiaJin Hwang Liu
Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang Ming University School of Medicine Taipei Taiwan
Leuk Lymphoma 45:2419-25. 2004..These results suggest that the expression level of cyclin D1 RNA in bone marrow cells is predictive of the phase evolution in CML and may be helpful in treatment decision-making...
Superior vena cava syndrome and hypercalcaemia in a patient with a primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma secreting parathyroid hormone-related proteinLiang-Tsai Hsiao
Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Br J Haematol 119:1. 2002
Acute polymyositis after donor lymphocyte infusionPeng-Chan Lin
Department of Medical Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Eur J Haematol 74:166-8. 2005..Acute polymyositis developed following DLI 22 d later. The clinical presentation of polymyositis is compatible with a manifestation of acute GVHD following DLI. It also responds to the treatment of steroid and CsA...
Efficacy and tolerability of bevacizumab plus capecitabine as first-line therapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinomaC H Hsu
Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Br J Cancer 102:981-6. 2010..This multicentre phase II study involving patients from several Asian countries sought to evaluate the safety and efficacy of bevacizumab plus capecitabine in this population...
Diffusion capacity predicts long-term survival after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute lymphoblastic leukemiaPeter Mu Hsin Chang
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 71:234-40. 2008..The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in pulmonary function measures as predictors of outcome in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients after myeloablative allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT)...
Comparison of myeloablative and nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for treatment of chronic myeloid leukemiaMing Huang Chen
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Hematol 86:275-81. 2007..Further larger-scale randomized clinical trials are warranted to clarify the efficacy of this treatment regimen...
Intravenous busulfan as preparative regimen in pediatric patients receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: the preliminary experience in TaiwanMing-Yang Lee
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 67:117-22. 2004..The long-term benefit and adverse effects of intravenous busulfan should be further explored...
Lymphoma presenting as Sister Mary Joseph's nodule sparing intra-abdominal involvementYing-Ih Shih
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Int J Hematol 83:194. 2006
High prevalence of SV40 infection in patients with nodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma but not acute leukemia independent of contaminated polio vaccines in TaiwanPo-Min Chen
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veteran General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Cancer Invest 24:223-8. 2006..0001). Prospective studies are needed to determine the prevalence of SV40 infections in our and other human populations and to explore the means of transmission of the virus...
Fatal fulminant hepatitis B after withdrawal of prophylactic lamivudine in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation patientsPeng-Chan Lin
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, School of Medicine, Taipei 112, Taiwan
Int J Hematol 81:349-51. 2005..We suggest that the duration of prophylactic use of lamivudine in chronic HBV carriers receiving HSCT be prolonged until the patient's immune system has been reconstituted...
Detection of reactivation and genetic mutations of the hepatitis B virus in patients with chronic hepatitis B infections receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplantationPo-Min Chen
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Department of Medicine, Taipei, Republic of China
Transplantation 74:182-8. 2002..Donor HBV genotype did not interfere with that of the recipient after HSCT. Core promoter or precore region mutations were associated with a higher incidence of liver dysfunction than wild-type HBV carriers in the HSCT patients...
Prognostic significance of clonal diversity of immunoglobulin gene rearrangements in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphomaMuh-Hwa Yang
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Sec. 2 Shih-Pai Rd, Taipei 112, Taiwan
Oncol Rep 13:503-8. 2005..It is also a factor of poor prognosis in DLBCL, especially for high-intermediate risk category...
High serum hepatocyte growth factor level in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomaLiang-Tsai Hsiao
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan
Eur J Haematol 70:282-9. 2003..The pathogenic role of HGF in NHL patients was further highlighted by a modest expression of HGF in most of the diffuse large B cell lymphoma...
Transplantation of related histocompatible marrow and peripheral blood stem cells in a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency and disseminated BCG infectionGiun-Yi Hung
Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 66:72-5. 2003..The patient finally expired because of failure to achieve a functioning immune system after BMT and septic shock...
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in elderly patients: experience at Taipei Veterans General HospitalLi-Yuan Bai
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Cancer 98:1188-95. 2003..In addition, it was found that an anthracycline-containing treatment regimen may be especially beneficial for patients in the high-intermediate-risk category as determined by IPI score...
Extended lamivudine therapy against hepatitis B virus infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipientsLiang-Tsai Hsiao
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 12:84-94. 2006..016-0.908; P = .040). In conclusion, extended lamivudine therapy is safe and effective for the prevention of HBV reactivation in an HSCT setting and significantly decreases reactivation hepatitis after transplantation...
Delayed rejection after initial engraftment in non-myeloablative bone marrow transplantationMuh-Hwa Yang
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 66:682-8. 2003..The patient expired on day +151. We recommend that the suitability of NM-BMT for high-risk patients such as unrelated-donor BMT and elder recipients needs further studies to confirm...
High prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in patients with B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomaMing Huang Chen
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Ann Hematol 87:475-80. 2008..B cell NHL patients, even HBsAg-negative B cell NHL patients, but not T cell NHL patients, have a higher incidence of HBV infection than patients with solid tumors. Our findings support the etiologic role of HBV infection in B cell NHL...
Higher fungal infection rate in elderly patients (more than 80 years old) suffering from diffuse large B cell lymphoma and treated with rituximab plus CHOPPeng Chan Lin
Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Ann Hematol 86:95-100. 2007..Adding rituximab to the standard CHOP regimen in elderly DLBCL patients might increase the incidence of fungal infection especially in those older than 80 years old...
Rituximab therapy increased post-transplant cytomegalovirus complications in Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients receiving autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantationMing Yang Lee
Division of Hemato Oncology, Department of Medicine, Chia Yi Christian Hospital, Chia Yi, Taiwan, ROC
Ann Hematol 87:285-9. 2008..7% vs 0%, p = 0.131, Fisher exact test, two-sided). The NHL patients receiving rituximab therapy had higher risk to develop CMV infectious complications after autologous HSCT...
Fatal early-onset epstein-barr virus-associated posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease after successful adult dual-unit umbilical cord blood transplantationSay-Bee Poh
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 11:732-3. 2005
Successful treatment of elderly advanced lymphomatoid granulomatosis with rituximab-CVP combination therapyYu-Hui Hu
Eur J Haematol 78:176-7. 2007
