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Metronomic therapy with oral 6-mercaptopurine in elderly acute myeloid leukemia: A prospective pilot study

INTRODUCTION: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in elderly patients differs biologically from that in younger patients and is known to have unfavorable chromosomal rearrangements, higher resistance, and lower tolerance to chemotherapy. In such circumstances, instead of giving full-blown chemotherapy, pal...

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Autores principales: Kapoor, Akhil, Beniwal, Surender Kumar, Kalwar, Ashok, Singhal, Mukesh Kumar, Nirban, Raj Kumar, Kumar, Harvindra Singh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27275453
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2278-330X.181644