title: Treatment of acute myeloid leukemia of childhood with cytosine arabinoside, daunorubicin, prednisolone, and mercaptopurine or thioguanine.
abstract: Eighteen children with acute myeloid leukemia have been treated with a four-drug protocol using cytosine arabinoside, daunorubicin, prednisolone, and mercaptopurine or thioguanine. The initial remission rate overall was 78%. Of 15 children who completed a week's treatment, i.e. one complete cycle, 14 entered complete remission (93%). The median survival was 7 months, and the median survival for those entering remission was 12 1/2 months.
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D015122:Mercaptopurine; D011239:Prednisolone; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013866:Thioguanine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003561:Cytarabine; D011239:Prednisolone; D015122:Mercaptopurine; D013866:Thioguanine; D003630:Daunorubicin