title: Comparative observations in the treatment of acute leukaemia.
abstract: The results of treatment of 84 acute leukaemia patients during a 15-year period are reported. Sixty-three of the patients suffered from acute myeloid leukaemia, 14 had blastic crisis of chronic leukaemia and 7 had acute myelomonocytic leukaemia. Administration of prednisolone + purinethol, prednisolone + vincristine, and prednisolone + vincristine + purinethol combinations resulted in partial remission. The best results were achieved with the combination ARA-C + thioguanine + prednisolone, which produced complete remission in 2 out of 8 cases. One patient was refractory to this treatment.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015122:Mercaptopurine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013866:Thioguanine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003561:Cytarabine; D014750:Vincristine; D011239:Prednisolone; D015122:Mercaptopurine; D013866:Thioguanine