Results of a randomized trial in children with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia: Medical Research Council AML12 trial

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-376

  Gibson, Brenda E S ^a   Webb, David K H ^b   Howman, Andrew J ^c   de Graaf, Siebold S N ^d,e   Harrison, Christine J ^f   Wheatley, Keith ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d DUTCH CHILDHOOD ONCOLOGY GROUP   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AML; Childhood leukaemia; Clinical trial; Myeloid leukaemia; Therapy

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; ASPARAGINASE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH DISEASE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MITOXANTRONE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THIOGUANINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053972723     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08851.x     Document Type: Article

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