EFFICACY OF INTENSIVE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH A PRELEUKEMIC SYNDROME
EFFICACY OF INTENSIVE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR ACUTE MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA ASSOCIATED WITH A PRELEUKEMIC SYNDROME
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DOI:
10.1200/jco.1989.7.11.1637
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发表时间:
1989-11-01
影响因子:
45.3
通讯作者:
CHAMPLIN, RE
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作者:
GAJEWSKI, JL;HO, WG;CHAMPLIN, RE
One hundred nintey-six patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) were treated with intensive induction chemotherapy using similar daunorubicin/cytarabine/thioguanine regimens. Treatment results of 44 patients who had a documented preleukemic syndrome or cytopenia present for more than 2 months before developing overt AML were compared with 152 patients with de novo AML. Eighteen (41%) patients with preleukemia evolving into AML achieved complete remission compared with 111 (73%) patients with de novo AML (P < .01). Patients with preleukemia-AML had a significantly longer period to recovery of granulocytes. Multivariate analysis indicated that presence of a previous preleukemic syndrome and advancing age were independent poor prognostic indicators for archieving remission. For patients who achieved remission, disease-free survival and overall survival were also inferior for patients with previous preleukemia; disease-free survival was 17 .+-. 17% at 3 years compared with 29 .+-. 10% in patients with de novo AML (P = .02). These data indicate that intensive chemotherapy has limited efficacy in patients with AML following a preleukemic syndrome. Durable remissions may be achieved in some patients.