A decision analysis to determine the appropriate treatment for low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes

Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1125-1132

  Sekeres, Mikkael A ^a   Fu, Alex Z ^a   Maciejewski, Jaroslaw P ^a   Golshayan, Ali Reza ^a   Kalaycio, Matt E ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Growth factors; MDS; Myelodysplastic syndromes; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; AMIFOSTINE; AZACITIDINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTARABINE; CYTOKINE; DANAZOL; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ETANERCEPT; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; INTERFERON; ISOTRETINOIN; LENALIDOMIDE; MENATETRENONE; RETINOIC ACID; THALIDOMIDE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DECISION MAKING; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947260567     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22497     Document Type: Article

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