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Hypomethylating Agents for Treatment of Elderly Patients with Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia - A Case Report with a Focused Review of Literature

The prognosis of elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor. Intensive chemotherapy with the combination of cytarabine and anthracyclines is typically used as the first-line treatment in the elderly with newly diagnosed AML who are able to tolerate this regimen. Unfortunately, many p...

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Autores principales: Tenneti, Pavan, Nagaiah, Govardhanan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6075624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30087810
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2734