TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute Granulocytic Leukemia in Elderly Patients
AU - Bloomfield, Clara D.
AU - Theologides, Athanasios
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1973/12/3
Y1 - 1973/12/3
N2 - We reviewed 134 cases of acute granulocytic leukemia in adult patients in three age groups. There were no differences among groups in the nature of onset, initial physical findings, morphologic characteristics, hematologic indices, complications, causes of death, or survival. While patients under 40 years responded more frequently to vigorous chemotherapy, responders over 60 years had equally long remissions and survivals. Patients aged 41 to 60 and 61 to 86 responded equally well. Prospective studies of vigorous chemotherapy in elderly patients with acute leukemia are warranted.
AB - We reviewed 134 cases of acute granulocytic leukemia in adult patients in three age groups. There were no differences among groups in the nature of onset, initial physical findings, morphologic characteristics, hematologic indices, complications, causes of death, or survival. While patients under 40 years responded more frequently to vigorous chemotherapy, responders over 60 years had equally long remissions and survivals. Patients aged 41 to 60 and 61 to 86 responded equally well. Prospective studies of vigorous chemotherapy in elderly patients with acute leukemia are warranted.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1973.03230100022007
DO - 10.1001/jama.1973.03230100022007
M3 - Article
C2 - 4518517
AN - SCOPUS:0015761389
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 226
SP - 1190
EP - 1193
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 10
ER -
