Successful chemotherapy with deoxycoformycin in adult T-cell lymphoma-leukaemia

Abstract
A patient from the Caribbean area with active T-cell lymphoma-leukemia was primarily treated with deoxycoformycin (DCF), 5 mg/m2 i.v. on 3 consecutive days, followed by 5 mg/m2 i.v. weekly. A complete remission was attained and maintained during several weeks with DCF. A single consolidation course with other cytostatics was then given. The patient continues in complete remission without further therapy, 24 mo. after diagnosis, 17 mo. after the last cytostatic drugs. T-cell lymphoma-leukemia has a bad prognosis with conventional anti-lymphoma therapy but was exquisitely sensitive to DCF in this patient.