Remission induction in acute myeloid leukemia. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Inducing a complete remission (CR) in patients with acute myeloid leukemia is a prerequisite to long-term disease control with subsequent post-remission consolidation chemotherapy or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The use of 7 days of infusional cytarabine and 3 days of daunorubicin or idarubicin (7 + 3) has become the standard of care to induce CR, based on clinical trials conducted in the 1980s. Efforts to improve on the CR rate seen with the 7 + 3 regimen that translates into better overall patient survival have been disappointing. Here we review recent phase III studies of novel induction strategies that show promise in increasing the rate of CR and improving disease outcome.

publication date

  • July 13, 2012

Research

keywords

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4052975

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84866990365

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s12185-012-1121-y

PubMed ID

  • 22791508

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 96

issue

  • 2