Flexible Low-Intensity Combination Chemotherapy for Elderly Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
✍ Scribed by Professor Arumugam Manoharan, John Reynolds, Jane Matthews, Heather Baxter…
- Book ID
- 120806023
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1170-229X
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Eighteen patients aged 60-84 years with acute myeloid leukemia were treated with lowdose combination chemotherapy comprising cytarabine, etoposide, and mitozantrone or 6-thioguanine; seven of these patients had a pre-existing myelodysplastic syndrome. Nine patients achieved a complete remission, and
## Abstract ## Backgrounds and objectives The optimal strategy for the management of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is still controversial. We previously reported the effectiveness of low dose cytarabine (Ara‐C) and etoposide (VP‐16) (AV therapy) for those elderly AML patients