Outcome of ethnic minorities with acute or chronic leukemia treated with hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation in the United States

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 7032-7042

  Baker, K Scott ^a   Loberiza Jr , Fausto R ^b   Yu, Hongmei ^b   Cairo, Mitchell S ^b   Bolwell, Brian J ^b   Bujan Boza, Willem A ^b   Camitta, Bruce M ^b   Garcia, Juan Jose ^b   Ho, Winston G ^b   Liesveld, Jane L ^b   Maharaj, Dipnarine ^b   Marks, David I ^b   Schultz, Kirk R ^b   Wiernik, Peter ^b   Zander, Axel R ^b   Horowitz, Mary M ^b   Keating, Armand ^b   Weisdorf, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; METHOTREXATE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27244459165     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.01.7269     Document Type: Article

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