Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Studies conducted at University of Sao Paulo on acute promyelocytic leukemia recently published
Published in Blood Weekly, December 13th, 2007
"Out of 134 patients treated with ATRA and anthracyclines, only 91 (67.9%) achieved remission because 43 (32%) died during induction. The death rate during consolidation was 10.5%," wrote R.H. Jacomo and colleagues, University of Sao Paulo.
The researchers concluded: "Bleeding complications were the most frequent cause of failure (21.6%)."
Jacomo and colleagues published their study in Haematologica - the Hematology Journal (Studies conducted at University of Sao Paulo on acute...
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