CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING - ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA IN FIRST COMPLETE REMISSION

Authors
KALAYCIOGLU ME
Citation
Me. Kalaycioglu, CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING - ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA IN FIRST COMPLETE REMISSION, Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine, 63(2), 1996, pp. 91-93
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
08911150
Volume
63
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
91 - 93
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-1150(1996)63:2<91:CD-AML>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Most patients with acute myelogenous leukemia achieve complete remissi on but are not cured with chemotherapy alone. Bone marrow transplantat ion is an alternative to chemotherapy, but there is controversy as to which patients benefit from transplantation.