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The myth of the second remission of acute leukemia in the adult.
Blood - 14 Feb 2013
Forman Stephen J, Rowe Jacob M
Abstract excerpt
Although the majority of adult patients with both acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myelogenous leukemia achieve remission with upfront chemotherapy, many patients still suffer relapse. Often, the strategy is proposed of treating patients with relapsed leukemia into a second remission (CR2) and then proceeding to allogeneic transplantation as the definitive curative approach. However, the long-term outcomes...
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