Published in Blood Weekly, September 22nd, 2005
According to recent research from Italy, "The role of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in pediatric acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is the topic of several ongoing studies. The results of the Italian pediatric experience with the multicentric Gruppo Italiano per le Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto (GIMEMA)-Italian Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Group (AIEOP) 'AIDA' (ATRA and idarubicin) trial are presented."
"Of the 983 patients with APL enrolled in this protocol between January 1993 and June 2000, 124 (13%) had younger than 18...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-09-22)
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