Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Data on acute promyelocytic leukemia published by P. Montesinos and colleagues
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, November 1st, 2009
"The prevalence of and risk factors for central nervous system recurrence in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia are not well established and remain a controversial matter. Between 1996 and 2005, 739 patients with newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia enrolled in two consecutive trials (PETHEMA LPA96 and LPA99) received induction therapy-with all-trans retinoic acid and idarubicin," scientists writing in the Haematologica - the Hematology Journal report.
"Consolidation therapy comprised three courses of anthracycline monochemotherapy (LPA96), with all-trans retinoic acid and reinforced doses of idarubicin in patients with an intermediate or high...
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