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Small doses of ARA‐C in the treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia: differentiation of myeloid leukaemia cells?
Author(s) -
Housset M.,
Daniel M. T.,
Degos L.
Publication year - 1982
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/j.1365-2141.1982.tb07297.x
Subject(s) - myeloid leukaemia , promyelocyte , medicine , myeloid , aplasia , chronic myeloid leukaemia , immunology , cancer research
Three patients with acute myeloid leukaemia were treated with small doses of ARA‐C (10 mg/m 2 /12 h, subcutaneous injections) and complete remission was obtained. The small doses of ARA‐C, the progressive evolution, the absence of aplasia before remission, the simultaneous presence of normal islets of promyelocytes and leukaemic myeloblasts, favour a differentiating role for the drug rather than an antimitotic effect.