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Developmental Therapeutics in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: Are There Any New Effective Cytotoxic Chemotherapeutic Agents Out There?

Developmental Therapeutics in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: Are There Any New Effective Cytotoxic... Therapies for AML have remained mostly unchanged since the introduction of anthracyline- and cytarabine-based regimens in the 1970s. Though some changes have been made in the dosing of anthracylines, in the choice of consolidation regimens versus allogeneic stem cell transplant, and in supportive care, clinical outcomes remain poor for most patients. As we continue to strive for better treatment options to improve upon outcomes, different agents, both chemotherapeutic and targeted therapies, are being studied. Here we discuss new chemotherapeutic agents that show promise in recent clinical trials and attempt to answer the question if there are any new effective cytotoxic chemotherapy agents out there. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports Springer Journals

Developmental Therapeutics in Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: Are There Any New Effective Cytotoxic Chemotherapeutic Agents Out There?

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by Springer Science+Business Media New York
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Hematology; Oncology; Geriatrics/Gerontology
ISSN
1558-8211
eISSN
1558-822X
DOI
10.1007/s11899-013-0158-1
pmid
23640069
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Abstract

Therapies for AML have remained mostly unchanged since the introduction of anthracyline- and cytarabine-based regimens in the 1970s. Though some changes have been made in the dosing of anthracylines, in the choice of consolidation regimens versus allogeneic stem cell transplant, and in supportive care, clinical outcomes remain poor for most patients. As we continue to strive for better treatment options to improve upon outcomes, different agents, both chemotherapeutic and targeted therapies, are being studied. Here we discuss new chemotherapeutic agents that show promise in recent clinical trials and attempt to answer the question if there are any new effective cytotoxic chemotherapy agents out there.

Journal

Current Hematologic Malignancy ReportsSpringer Journals

Published: May 3, 2013

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