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Clinical and pathologic features of secondary acute promyelocytic leukemia.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Mar 2012
Duffield Amy S, Aoki Joseph, Levis Mark, Cowan Kathleen, Gocke Christopher D, Burns Kathleen H, Borowitz Michael J, Vuica-Ross Milena
Abstract excerpt
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a relatively common form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that has an excellent prognosis. In contrast, secondary acute myeloid leukemias, including therapy-related AML and AML with myelodysplasia-related changes, have a relatively poor prognosis. We identified 9 cases of APL at our institution in which there was a history of chemotherapy, radiotherapy, chronic...
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