Chemotherapy for patients with the acute myeloid leukemia in the Ho Chi Minh Center for Hematology and Blood transfusion.
- Author:
Binh Tan Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acute myeloid leukemia
- MeSH:
Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute;
drug therapy
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1998;231(12):35-39
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Between 3/1990 and 5/2000, 249 patients with AML were treated at the Ho Chi Minh center for hematology and blood transfusion. The results were the following: complete remission achieved in 63% patients treated with 7&3 protocol, 77% with 7&3&5 protocol, 8% with Ara-C+ Purinethol protocol and 2% with Ara-C or Purinethol alone protocol. Overall survival at 12 months of patients treated with 7& 3, 7&3&5, and Ara-C+ Purinethol protocol were 32%, 69% and 16%, respectively. Conclusion, induction chemotherapy with 7&3 and 7&3&5 protocols achieved better results in patients with AML.
