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Allogeneic Transplants After Hyper-CVAD Plus Imatinib Boost Ph+ ALL Survival
Allogeneic Transplants After Hyper-CVAD Plus Imatinib Boost Ph+ ALL Survival
N Osterweil
20100523
2010 Jun 23
Elsevier Global Medical News
Allogeneic Transplants After Hyper-CVAD Plus Imatinib Boost Ph+ ALL Survival
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jun 23, N Osterweil
CHICAGO (EGMN) - Allogeneic transplantation confers a significant survival advantage, particularly among younger patients, when treating Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia with a regimen that adds imatinib to hyper-CVAD chemotherapy, a clinical study suggests.Among patients aged 40 years or younger with de novo disease, the 3-year overall survival rate was 90% in those who went on to allogeneic stem cell transplant, compared with 33% for those who did not undergo transplant...