The Development of Novel Therapies for the Treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is nearly always a fatal malignancy. For the past 40 years, the standard of care remains a combination of cytarabine and an anthracycline known as 7 + 3. This treatment regimen is troubled by both low survival rates (10% at 5 years) and deaths due to toxicity. Substantia...

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Main Authors: Katherine L. B. Borden, Sarit Assouline, Eftihia Cocolakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-11-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/4/4/1161