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Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia/Other Myeloid Malignancies Treatment (PDQ®)
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Purpose of This PDQ Summary






General Information






Classification of Pediatric Myeloid Malignancies






Stage Information






Treatment Overview for Acute Myeloid Leukemia






Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia






Postremission Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia






Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia






Children With Down Syndrome






Myelodysplastic Syndromes






Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia






Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia






Recurrent Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Myeloid Malignancies






Survivorship and Adverse Late Sequelae






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Changes to This Summary (08/12/2009)






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Changes to This Summary (08/12/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Postremission Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Added text stating there is evidence suggesting an advantage for allogeneic HSCT in patients with intermediate risk characteristics (cited Jourdan et al. as reference 17, Horan et al. as reference 18, and Michel et al. as reference 19).

Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

Added Montesinos et al. as reference 16.

Added text to state that the combination of arsenic trioxide and ATRA resulted in a more rapid achievement of complete response and a longer disease-free survival compared to ATRA alone or arsenic alone during induction therapy.

Recurrent Childhood Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Myeloid Malignancies

Added Brethon et al. as reference 7.

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