## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Significant controversy surrounds the use of remission induction chemotherapy (IC) in older adults with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Earlier clinical trials have yielded conflicting results and possibly a minor survival benefit, often offset by a longer hospitalization
Acute pulmonary failure during remission induction chemotherapy in adults with acute myeloid leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome
β Scribed by Ali Al Ameri; Charles Koller; Hagop Kantarjian; Farhad Ravandi; Srdan Verstovsek; Gautam Borthakur; Sherry Pierce; Gloria Mattiuzzi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. It is unclear whether intensive chemotherapy is beneficial to patients with highβrisk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) if they are aged β₯60 years. ## METHODS. The authors studied 160 patients with a median age of 67 years who received inte
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Elderly patients (age β₯ 65 years) with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) generally have a poor prognosis. AMLβtype therapy results are often derived from studies in younger patients and may not apply to elderly AML. Many investigators and oncologists advocate, at times, only s