Two adult patients with T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) received an intensive multiagent therapeutic regimen and failed to enter remission. Following cytoreduction with cyclophosphamide (60 mg/kg x 2) and total body irradiation (1000 rads) they underwent bone marrow transplantation. One pa
Treatment of acute leukemia in adults with chemoradiotherapy and bone marrow transplantation
โ Scribed by Frederick R. Appelbaum; E. Donnall Thomas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 860 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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