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Acute myeloid leukemia and lung cancer occurring in a chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient treated with fludarabine and autologous peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Nov 2000
Meloni G, Proia A, Guerrisi V, Cordone I, De Cuia R, Fenu S, Mauro F R, Pescarmona E, Reato G, Mandelli F
Abstract excerpt
An increased incidence of different malignancies associated to chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has been reported. The association of CLL and acute leukemia is a rare event described in < 1% of CLL, the type of acute leukemia being either from the lymphoid or more often from the myeloid lineage. The coexistence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and CLL in the same patient has been occasionally reported. Most of...
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