SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA USING ALL-TRANS-RETINOIC ACID AND ERYTHROPOIETIN IN A JEHOVAH-WITNESS BOY

Authors
MENENDEZ A SVARCH E MARTINEZ G HERNANDEZ P
Citation
A. Menendez et al., SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF ACUTE PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA USING ALL-TRANS-RETINOIC ACID AND ERYTHROPOIETIN IN A JEHOVAH-WITNESS BOY, Annals of hematology, 76(1), 1998, pp. 43-44
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Annals of hematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09395555
Volume
76
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
43 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-5555(1998)76:1<43:STOAPL>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A 10-year-old boy with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) was treated with all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) at a dose of 60 mg/m(2)/day. Recom binant erythropoietin was also used, The patient parents and other rel atives, all Jehova's Witnesses, refused any type of hemotherapy. After 43 days of ATRA treatment complete remission was obtained without the use of hemotherapy. This case exemplifies the advantages provided by ATRA treatment in APL.