Salvage

Incomplete response to induction in acute myelogenous leukemia and salvage approaches

Standard Therapy of acute myelogenous leukemia (excluding acute promyelocytic leukemia) begins with induction chemotherapy and is followed by consolidation and sometimes by maintenance phases of treatment. Various acceptable induction regimens are available. The most common approach is called ”3 and 7,” which consists of 3 days of a 15- to 30-minute infusion of an anthracycline (idarubicin or daunorubicin) or anthracenedione (mitoxantrone), combined

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