Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia: To whom, when, and how

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 436-444

  Magenau, John ^a   Couriel, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Allogeneic; AML; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; BUSULFAN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CD135 ANTIGEN; CLOFARABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; FLUDARABINE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE; SORAFENIB;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEBPA GENE; CYTOGENETICS; DONOR SELECTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLT3 ITD GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; GRAFT VERSUS LEUKEMIA EFFECT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MYELOABLATIVE CONDITIONING; NPM1 GENE; ONCOGENE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DONOR SELECTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; PROGNOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION CONDITIONING; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884590195     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-013-0340-6     Document Type: Article

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