The history of leukemia therapy - A personal journey

Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 386-392

  Freireich, Emil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukemia history

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMATINIB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; RETINOIC ACID; VINCRISTINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CAREER; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

CHILD; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84869424038     PISSN: 21522650     EISSN: 21522669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2012.09.014     Document Type: Review

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