Acute promyelocytic leukemia: Do we have a new front-line standard of treatment?

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 445-449

  Sanz, Miguel A ^a,b   Iacoboni, Gloria ^a,b   Montesinos, Pau ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukemia; All trans retinoic acid; Anthracycline; Arsenic trioxide; Chemotherapy; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ARSENIC TRIOXIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GEMTUZUMAB; IDARUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; OZOGAMICIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIFFERENTIATION SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ARSENICALS; CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; OXIDES; REMISSION INDUCTION; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84884595287     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: 15346269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-013-0339-z     Document Type: Article

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