Outcome of elderly patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia: results of the German Acute Myeloid Leukemia Cooperative Group

Despite improvement of prognosis, older age remains a negative prognostic factor in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Reports on disease characteristics and outcome of older patients are conflicting. We therefore analyzed 91 newly diagnosed APL patients aged 60 years or older (30 % of 305 adults w...

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Main Authors: Lengfelder, Eva, Hanfstein, Benjamin, Haferlach, Claudia, Braess, Jan, Krug, Utz, Spiekermann, Karsten, Haferlach, Torsten, Kreuzer, Karl-Anton, Serve, Hubert, Horst, Heinz A., Schnittger, Susanne, Aul, Carlo, Schultheis, Beate, Erben, Philipp, Schneider, Stephanie, Müller-Tidow, Carsten, Wörmann, Bernhard, Berdel, Wolfgang E., Sauerland, Cristina, Heinecke, Achim, Hehlmann, Rüdiger, Hofmann, Wolf-Karsten, Hiddemann, Wolfgang, Büchner, Thomas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3536950/