| The thorny issue of relapsed acute myeloid leukemia. | |
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PMID: 23385612 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a devastating disease, in which the majority of afflicted patients eventually experience relapse and die from their disease. RECENT FINDINGS: Clinical and molecular characterization of the disease have greatly aided in prognostication in both primary and relapsed settings, which may broadly guide therapy, but truly effective standards of care for relapsed AML remain lacking. Traditional chemotherapeutic drugs have modest but limited efficacy in relapsed AML, whereas more novel and potent cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents hold promise and are entering the advanced phases of testing. Targeted therapies for AML have demonstrated activity, often as single agents, generating enthusiasm for further development in subgroups of patients with appropriate molecular anomalies. Finally, allogeneic stem cell transplantation continues to evolve as an effective and potentially curative therapy for limited numbers of patients with relapsed AML. SUMMARY: The complexity of relapsed AML will dictate the need for continued development of novel chemotherapeutic and targeted therapies that suit the molecular and clinical profiling of individual patients. |
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Timothy Kubal; Jeffrey E Lancet |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Current opinion in hematology Volume: 20 ISSN: 1531-7048 ISO Abbreviation: Curr. Opin. Hematol. Publication Date: 2013 Mar |
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Created Date: 2013-02-06 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9430802 Medline TA: Curr Opin Hematol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 100-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA. |
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