A recurrent spontaneous complete remission of acute hypoplastic leukemia was observed. The remission occurred after a severe infection which was treated with antibiotics. Reports of spontaneous remission of acute leukemia in adults have become increasingly rare, and the remissions themselves are short-lived. Such spontaneous complete remissions are almost always associated with bacte rial infec...

THE extreme sensitivity to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and the relatively high incidence of long-term survivals observed in the treatment of African lymphoma is now well known (Burkitt, Hutt and Wright, 1965 ; Clifford, 1966 ; Ngu, 1966). The observation that long-term remissions, amounting to possible cures. can follow a single dose of chemotherapy (Burkitt, 1966) suggests a strong antitumo...

Spontaneous remission or regression of cancer is defined as partial or complete disappearance of malignant disease temporarily or permanently in the absence of any specific treatment. The condition is named spontaneous regression for solid tumors and spontaneous remission (SR) for leukemia [1]. Spontaneous remission has been reported in different hematological malignancies. It has been observed...

UNLABELLED Spontaneous remission of Acute Myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an uncommon event, temporary and its mechanism is yet to be determined. We report here a case of spontaneous remission of AML in a 35 years old male who was diagnosed with AML (M4) in Jan 2011. He presented very ill with fever, bleeding tendency and oral candidacies. He received supportive care only and chemotherapy was withhe...

tion in nonsplenectomized ITP patients. RCTs are particularly important in ITP because spontaneous remissions are known to occur6 and because formal evaluations of treatment efficacy that include clinically important end points—such as bleeding and quality-oflife—are needed.7 Conflict-of-interest disclosure: T.E.W. declares no competing financial interests. D.M.A. has received an operating gran...