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Leukemia Therapy

SCT with voriconazole treatment feasible for AML with pulmonary aspergillosis

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, March 8th, 2004

Stem-cell transplantation with extended voriconazole therapy is safe and effective for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with pulmonary aspergillosis.

According to recent research published from Austria, AML "associated with central diabetes insipidus (DI) and chromosomal aberrations is characterized by a very poor prognosis."

M. Eibl and coauthors at the University of Graz described their experience treating "a 28-year-old female with AML FAB M0, preceding DI and cytogenetic abnormalities (monosomy 7 and inversion of chromosome 9)."

"Complete remission was achieved with FLAG after she was refractory to two different induction...

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