PHYSICIAN’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS TREATMENT OF OLDER PATIENTS AND THE CHOICE OF THERAPY

The treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in older patients is still object of controversies, because of considerable heterogeneity of patients and disease. Reluctance in administering conventional intensive chemotherapy relies on life-threatening complications induced by treatment in an often frail p...

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Main Author: Felicetto Ferrara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-04-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/410