Standard induction chemotherapy followed by attenuated consolidation in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 357-365

  Lee, Je Hwan ^a   Choi, Seong Jun ^a   Lee, Jung Hee ^a   Park, Jae Hoo ^b   Kim, Hawk ^b   Joo, Young Don ^c   Lee, Won Sik ^c   Zang, Dae Young ^d   Kim, Hyo Jung ^d   Lee, Kyoo Hyung ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Attenuated consolidation therapy; Elderly patients

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROPENIA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUTROPENIA; PAIN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MEGAKARYOBLASTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MEGAKARYOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645879519     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-006-0110-8     Document Type: Article

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