Levels of care: Defining best supportive care in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-100

  Ritchie, Ellen K ^a   Roboz, Gail J ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; AML; Best supportive care; Geriatrics; Treatment

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; AZACITIDINE; CLOFARABINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954622997     PISSN: 15588211     EISSN: 1558822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11899-010-0048-8     Document Type: Review

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