title: Treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia with a triple cytotoxic regime: DAT.
abstract: Twenty patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) were treated with a combination of chemotherapy which included daunorubicin, cytosine arabino-side and 6-thioguanine (DAT). The complete remission rate was 85% and was achieved, in responsive cases, after an average of 2 courses of therapy. Patients remained in hospital for an average of 37.5 days during remission-induction therapy and 3.7 days per month thereafter. The median remission period was 48 weeks and median survival was 70 weeks. A disappointing feature was the high relapse rate. This feature of the results re-affirms the need for a more effective form of remission therapy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013866:Thioguanine / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D013866:Thioguanine; D003630:Daunorubicin
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