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Acute Myeloid Leukemia
New acute myeloid leukemia in children research from Kyoto University, Department of Pediatrics described
March 30th, 2008
Research findings, 'Acute myeloid leukemia with multilineage dysplasia in children,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from Kyoto, Japan, "We retrospectively surveyed pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with multilineage dysplasia treated with the AML 99 and the Children's Cancer and Leukemia Study Group (CCLSG) AML 9805 protocols. We found only 9 AML patients (2.6%) with multilineage dysplasia among the 341 patients with newly diagnosed de novo AML." "Eight of the 9 patients obtained complete remission (CR) following the intensive AML-oriented treatments. Three of 7 patients who underwent stem cell transplantation were alive in CR...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-03-30)
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