Supportive Therapy in Acute Leukemia

Overview the Causes of Early Deaths and Advance Supportive Care in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review

Introduction: The objective of this study is to determine the major causes of early death in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).  Methods: The following databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Science Direct and Google Scholar were searched for following terms: “acute lymphoblastic leukemia”, “early mortality”, “early death “ and “death in induction phase “. Inclusion criteria were all studies abo...

Metronomic Maintenance Therapy in Refractory Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia with Monosomy 7

Patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) with monosomy 7 are a group of patients with refractory AML who have a very poor prognosis. Therefore, rationally designed new therapies, including metronomic chemotherapy regimen with histidine deacetylase inhibitors (Valporic acid, ATRA) are being investigated as potential treatments for the population of refractory cases of AML. Herein, we repo...

Therapy of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common type of acute leukemia in adults1. Over the past twenty years, the studies on the pathogenesis and prognosis of AML have made considerable progress. Clinically, patients with AML typically present with signs or symptoms of bone marrow failure, although sometimes they can present with symptoms of leukostasis with pulmonary or neurological dysfuncti...

Metronomic Effect as A New Hypothesis in Maintenance Therapy of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Immunophenotyping of Acute Leukemia in Northwestern Iran

The significance of immunophenotyping is growing day by day. Itprovides basic information in regard to classification and prognosisof acute leukemia which helps the management of patients. Thisstudy was conducted to Identify CD markers in leukemic patientsadmitted to Tabriz, in northwestern Iran. Immunophenotyping of 60patients with acute leukemia was determined. Patients with acutemyelogenous ...