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Interferon Alfa-2b Combined with Cytarabine versus Interferon Alone in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Interferon Alfa-2b Combined with Cytarabine versus Interferon Alone in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

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Interferon Alfa-2b Combined with Cytarabine versus Interferon Alone in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

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Interferon Alfa-2b Combined with Cytarabine versus Interferon Alone in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

Publisher

Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Journal title

The New England journal of medicine, 1997-07, Vol.337 (4), p.223-229

Language

English

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Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

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Contents

Chronic myelogenous leukemia has a poor outcome when treated with hydroxyurea or busulfan. These agents can control the disease, but they do not eliminate Philadelphia chromosome–positive stem cells from the bone marrow. Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, considered to be the only curative treatment, prolongs survival in up to 70 percent of a...

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Interferon Alfa-2b Combined with Cytarabine versus Interferon Alone in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_223956449

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_223956449

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ISSN

0028-4793

E-ISSN

1533-4406

DOI

10.1056/NEJM199707243370402

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