Long-term follow-up of European APL 2000 trial, evaluating the role of cytarabine combined with ATRA and Daunorubicin in the treatment of nonelderly APL patients.

Date publication

juillet 2013

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr GUERCI-BRESLER Agnès , Dr LIOURE Bruno

Tous les auteurs :
Ades L, Chevret S, Raffoux E, Guerci-Bresler A, Pigneux A, Vey N, Lamy T, Huguet F, Vekhoff A, Lambert JF, Lioure B, de Botton S, Deconinck E, Ferrant A, Thomas X, Quesnel B, Cassinat B, Chomienne C, Dombret H, Degos L, Fenaux P

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23564205

Résumé

All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) combined to anthracycline-based chemotherapy is the reference treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Whereas, in high-risk patients, cytarabine (AraC) is often considered useful in combination with anthracycline to prevent relapse, its usefulness in standard-risk APL is uncertain. In APL 2000 trial, patients with standard-risk APL [i.e., with baseline white blood cell (WBC) count

Référence

Am J Hematol. 2013 Jul;88(7):556-9