Treatment strategies in acute myeloid leukemia

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1409-1421

  Han, Li na ^a,b   Zhou, Jin ^b   Schuringa, Jan Jacob ^a   Vellenga, Edo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Leukemic stem cell; Novel agents; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTHRACYCLINE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; CD123 ANTIGEN; CD135 ANTIGEN; CD33 ANTIGEN; CD47 ANTIGEN; CD96 ANTIGEN; CLL 1 ANTIGEN; CORE BINDING FACTOR; CYTARABINE; DASATINIB; DAUNORUBICIN; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN; HLA ANTIGEN; IMATINIB; KW 2449; LESTAURTINIB; MIDOSTAURIN; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; PLERIXAFOR; PROTEIN FARNESYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RETINOIC ACID; SEMAXANIB; SORAFENIB; SUNITINIB; TANDUTINIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LEUKEMIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOGENETICS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; EPIGENETICS; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROTEIN TARGETING; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE;

EID: 79955929253     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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