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Treating acute promyelocytic leukaemia in Latin America: lessons from the International Consortium on Acute Leukaemia experience
Author(s) -
Corrêa de Araujo Koury Luisa,
Ganser Arnold,
Berliner Nancy,
Rego Eduardo M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/bjh.14589
Subject(s) - latin americans , medicine , acute promyelocytic leukemia , disease , scope (computer science) , economic growth , political science , family medicine , economics , computer science , biology , retinoic acid , biochemistry , law , gene , programming language
Summary The Latin Americas and Caribbean are regions where social exclusion and inequality persist as the main obstacles to human development and improvement of health conditions, despite economic growth and social development. These countries need to establish international collaborations with the goal of improving health conditions. In this scenario Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia ( APL ), a disease with a high cure rate in developed countries and high prevalence in young patients, offers an ideal opportunity to implement measures with educational and cooperative scope. We discuss the experience of Latin America and the Caribbean through a common network, the International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia ( IC ‐ APL ).