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L Shapiro

Publications and source records attributed to L Shapiro.

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PubMed1965

Leukoderma acquisitum centrifugum. An unusual case.

A case is presented of a 9-year-old girl who developed a depigmented halo around a pigmented tumor of the skin on her shoulder. She also developed widespread metastases in the ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes, lungs, and, presumably, liver, and subsequently died of her disease. Histologic interpretations of the nature of the cutaneous tumor and axillary metastases are given and the suggestion made that the skin lesion was a malignant melanoma. Should this interpretation be correct, this case represents the first of its kind in which a lesion in a child with the clinical features of a halo nevus proved to be a fatal malignant melanoma.

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Treatment of early chronic lymphocytic leukemia: intermittent chlorambucil versus observation.

The effect of early therapy on the course of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has not been established. Fifty-nine patients with indolent Rai stage I and II CLL were randomized to receive intermittent chlorambucil once a month or to receive no treatment. The two groups were comparable in entry characteristics. At 5 years from randomization there was no significant difference in survival between the two groups although the proportion of patients exhibiting active disease 5 years after randomization is 70 per cent in the untreated group and 55 per cent in the treated group. In this study, early treatment of CLL with intermittent chlorambucil did not result in a survival advantage for patients with indolent stage I and II CLL.

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