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Efficacy and Safety of Decitabine As First-Line Therapy for Elderly Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.a Real Life Multicentric Experience of the Northern Italy

Authors :
Borlenghi, Erika
Filì, Carla
Basilico, Claudia
Bernardi, Massimo
Caizzi, Manuela
Ciancia, Rosanna
Di Bona, Eros
Ermacora, Anna
Facchinelli, Davide
Fracchiolla, Nicola
Fumagalli, Monica
Gottardi, Michele
Imbergamo, Silvia
Lambertenghi, Daniela
Molteni, Alfredo
Petullà, Marta
Riva, Marta
Todisco, Elisabetta
Rossi, Giuseppe
Candoni, Anna
Source :
Blood; December 2017, Vol. 130 Issue: 1, Number 1 Supplement 1 p1315-1315, 1p
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Introduction:Decitabine has been recently approved in Europe for treatment of AML patients (pts) aged more than 65 years and unfit to receive standard chemotherapy. However data on its efficacy and tolerability derive mainly from clinical trials performed in selected pts. Herein we report on a population based series of AML pts treated with decitabine and registered in observational prospective studies.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00064971 and 15280020
Volume :
130
Issue :
1, Number 1 Supplement 1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Blood
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs56866096
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V130.Suppl_1.1315.1315