Clinical outcome of managment of acute myeloid leukemia with idarubicin plus cytarabine
Annals of King Edward Medical College. 2005; 11 (4): 519-520
in English
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ABSTRACT
A prospective study was conducted at Department of Clinical Oncology, King Edward Medical College / Mayo Hospital, Lahore from July 2003 to June 2004 to evaluate the effect of Idarubicin plus Cytarabine in chemo naive Acute Myeloid Leukemia [AML] patients. A total of 15 consecutive patients were enrolled with age group 15-58 years. Patients were classified according to French American British [FAB] classification. Induction therapy with Cytarabine as continuous infusion for 7 days and Idarubicin was given on day 1-3. For assessment of response, all patients were subjected to bone marrow examination fifteen days after completion of Induction chemotherapy. Consolidation Therapy with high dose Cytarabine was given on days 1, 3 and 5. Cytarabine was repeated after 28 days for 4 cycles in patients with complete remission after induction therapy. A remission induction rate of 66.7% was observed. Four patients died because of complications. One patient lost to follow up. Idarubicine and cytarabine is effective r egimen for achieving complete remission in AML Chemo-naive patients
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Thrombocytopenia
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Bone Marrow Examination
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Remission Induction
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Idarubicin
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Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
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Treatment Outcome
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Cytarabine
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Hemorrhage
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Infections
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Neutropenia
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann. King Edward Med. Coll.
Year:
2005
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