Comparative observations in the treatment of acute leukaemia

Haematologia (Budap). 1976;10(1):81-7.

Abstract

The results of treatment of 84 acute leukaemia patients during a 15-year period are reported. Sixty-three of the patients suffered from acute myeloid leukaemia, 14 had blastic crisis of chronic leukaemia and 7 had acute myelomonocytic leukaemia. Administration of prednisolone + purinethol, prednisolone + vincristine, and prednisolone + vincristine + purinethol combinations resulted in partial remission. The best results were achieved with the combination ARA-C + thioguanine + prednisolone, which produced complete remission in 2 out of 8 cases. One patient was refractory to this treatment.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Cytarabine / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy*
  • Mercaptopurine / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Thioguanine / therapeutic use
  • Vincristine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cytarabine
  • Vincristine
  • Prednisolone
  • Mercaptopurine
  • Thioguanine