Good outcome of children with acute myeloid leukemia and t(8;21)(q22;q22), even when associated with granulocytic sarcoma: A report from a single institution in Argentina

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1939-1944

  Felice, María S ^a   Zubizarreta, Pedro A ^a   Alfaro, Elizabeth M ^a   Gallego, Marta S ^a   Cygler, Ana M ^a   Rosso, Diego A ^a   Rossi, Jorge G ^a   Sackmann Muriel, Federico ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chloroma; Granulocytic sarcoma; Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML); Prognostic factors; T(8; 21)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CHLOROMA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034655224     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(20000415)88:8<1939::AID-CNCR24>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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