Anthracycline dose intensification in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia : Lack of benefit in the context of the fractionated cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin, and dexamethasone regimen
β Scribed by Deborah Thomas; Susan O'Brien; Stefan Faderl; Farhad Ravandi; Elias Jabbour; Sherry Pierce; Jorge Cortes; Hagop Kantarjian
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 186 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Secondary malignancies including myeloid neoplasms occur infrequently in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and to the authors' knowledge have not been as well documented in adults as in children. ## METHODS: A total of 641 patients with de novo ALL who were treated wi
vanced and/or progressive disease was defined by high Total Tumor Mass (TTM) score (ΓΊ9), and/or short doubling time (DT) (Γ΅12 months), and/or bone marrow for the International Society for Chemo-Immunotherapy, Vienna failure. The response to therapy was defined by reduction of the initial TTM score.