Older Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Treatment Challenges and Future Directions.

Conclusion: Older patients with AML are candidates for and benefit from the entire spectrum of AML therapy, including intense chemotherapy, allogeneic stem cell transplant, and clinical trial participation after thorough patient assessment. Older patients with AML would benefit from increased clinical trial enrollment and early inclusion of palliative medicine. PMID: 29230125 [PubMed]
Source: Ochsner Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Ochsner J Source Type: research