AML patients with Down syndrome have a high cure rate with AML-BFM therapy with reduced dose intensity
AML patients with Down syndrome have a high cure rate with AML-BFM therapy with reduced dose intensity
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DOI:
10.1038/sj.leu.2403814
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发表时间:
2005-08-01
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Zimmermann, M
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作者:
Creutzig, U;Reinhardt, D;Zimmermann, M
Despite improved prognosis in acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) children with Down syndrome (DS), therapy-related toxicity remained a problem. We compared 67 DS patients from study AML-BFM 98 with 51 DS patients of the previous study AML-BFM 93, and the non-DS groups of both studies. Compared to non-DS patients, DS patients were treated with reduced anthracycline doses, without high-dose cytarabine/mitoxantrone and without cranial irradiation. AML-DS patients were in median 1.8 years old, and 102/118 (86%) showed the typical morphology of acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia. In study 93, seven DS patients did not receive AML-specific chemotherapy, and treatment modifications were more common. Results improved significantly for patients treated in study 98 with a 3-year survival of 91 +/- 4 vs 70 +/- 7% in study 93 (P=0.001). There were no differences in outcome concerning the age groups 0-