Effectivity of a strategy in elderly AML patients to reach allogeneic stem cell transplantation using intensive chemotherapy: long-term survival is dependent on complete remission after first induction therapy
Highlights • Results of a strategy to bring all elderly AML patients to transplant are shown. • 32% of patients starting with intensive chemotherapy reach transplant. • Long-term survival is only observed in patients achieving CR after 1st induction. • Reasons of failure of the strategy may help dev...
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Published in | Leukemia research Vol. 46; pp. 45 - 50 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Elsevier Ltd
01.07.2016
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Summary: | Highlights • Results of a strategy to bring all elderly AML patients to transplant are shown. • 32% of patients starting with intensive chemotherapy reach transplant. • Long-term survival is only observed in patients achieving CR after 1st induction. • Reasons of failure of the strategy may help develop new treatment algorithms |
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ISSN: | 0145-2126 1873-5835 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.leukres.2016.03.010 |