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Benefit of high-dose daunorubicin in AML induction extends across cytogenetic and molecular groups.
Blood - 24 Mar 2016
Luskin Marlise R, Lee Ju-Whei, Fernandez Hugo F, Abdel-Wahab Omar, Bennett John M, Ketterling Rhett P, Lazarus Hillard M, Levine Ross L, Litzow Mark R, Paietta Elisabeth M, Patel Jay P, Racevskis Janis, Rowe Jacob M, Tallman Martin S, Sun Zhuoxin, Luger Selina M
Abstract excerpt
The initial report of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network Cancer Research Group trial E1900 (#NCT00049517) showed that induction therapy with high-dose (HD) daunorubicin (90 mg/m(2)) improved overall survival in adults <60 years old with acute myeloid leukemia (AML); however, at initial analysis, the benefit was restricted to younger patients (<50 years) and...
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