Extramedullary relapse in acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with all-trans retinoic acid and chemotherapy
β Scribed by de Botton, S; Sanz, M A; Chevret, S; Dombret, H; Martin, G; Thomas, X; Mediavilla, J D; Recher, C; Ades, L; Quesnel, B
- Book ID
- 110056527
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-6924
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Background. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is effective in the treatment of relapsed or refractory acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), but relapse is the rule if response is unmaintained. Methods. Seventeen patients with APL were salvaged with ATRA at a dosage of 50 mg/mz/day for 3 months or until
## Abstract ## Background Due to severe side effects in virtually all children treated with a standard dose of 45 mg/m^2^/day allβ__trans__βretinoic acid (ATRA) for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) the AMLβBFM study group reduced the dosage to 25 mg/m^2^/day. For the lack of data on the use of A