Cell Cycle Deregulation Determines Acute Transformation In Chronic Type Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma

Introduction Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a human T-cell leukemia virus type-1-induced neoplasm with four clinical subtypes; acute, lymphoma, chronic and smoldering. Although chronic and smoldering subtypes are regarded as indolent ATL, about half of these cases progress to acute type ATL and subsequent death. Therefore, cases of indolent ATL also have poor prognosis and acute transformation is a predictive indicator for patients with...