How to manage high-risk acute myeloid leukemia

Leukemia

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 861-869

  Estey, E H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

cytogenetics molecular markers; High risk AML; induction therapy determination; investigational therapy vs standard therapy; relapse refractory disease therapies

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AZACITIDINE; BORTEZOMIB; CLADRIBINE; CLOFARABINE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HISTAMINE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; IDARUBICIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; MITOXANTRONE; QUIZARTINIB;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860755304     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2011.317     Document Type: Review

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