COMPLETE REMISSION IN 3 PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC-LEUKEMIA BY ADMINISTRATION OF G-CSF WITHOUT ANTILEUKEMIC AGENTS

Vile describe 3 patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML), who r eceived rhG-CSF for infections such as pneumonia or for prophylaxis of infection, and who achieved complete remission. They had not received any antileukemic therapy before or during the administration of rhG-C SF. These findings suggest the possibility that complete remission can be brought about by G-CSF itself in some patients with AML. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.