title: Treatment of juvenile chronic myeloid leukemia with sequential subcutaneous cytarabine and oral mercaptopurine.
abstract: Three cases of the juvenile type of chronic myeloid leukemia are described, all of which have shown a clinical and hematologic response to repeated cycles of sequential subcutaneous cytarabine and oral mercaptopurine. It appears that this regime, as described, may afford some control of a disease process previously supposed to be unresponsive to chemotherapy. This control, however, is likely to be reflected in an improvement in well-being, rather than overall survival time. Patient 1 survived 26 mo from diagnosis, and patients 2 and 3 are alive and well 12 and 9 mo from diagnosis, respectively.
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008017:Life Expectancy; D015122:Mercaptopurine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011788:Quality of Life
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D015122:Mercaptopurine