Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3328345 | Acta Haematologica Polonica | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disorder with a diverse prognosis. About 70% of AML patients may achieve complete remission after conventional chemotherapy, but long-term outcome remains unsatisfactory. The development of molecular biology resulted in a better understanding of AML pathogenesis as well as it allowed us the introduction of targeted therapy. However, most AML patients still require the allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) to be cured. The long-term results of alloHSCT for AML depend on a variety of factors including the age at transplant, the presence of well-defined risk factors and disease status at transplant. It seems that the combination of targeted therapy with conventional chemotherapy and subsequent alloHSCT may be a chance for curing a significant proportion of AML patients.
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Authors
SÅawomira Kyrcz-KrzemieÅ, Grzegorz Helbig, MirosÅaw Markiewicz,