title: Successful treatment of acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia.
abstract: 2 patients with acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia (AMKBL) were successfully treated with a combination of aclarubicin hydrochloride (an anthracycline), enocitabine (a derivative of cytosine arabinoside) and 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) or 6-thioguanine (6-TG). They achieved a complete remission following 1 or 2 courses. They remained well and in complete remission throughout 3 courses of consolidation therapy, a total of 9 weeks. The results of remission induction therapy of AMKBL have been reviewed in the literature. 4 of 7 adult patients, including our cases, treated with 3 drugs, anthracycline, cytosine arabinoside or its derivative and 6-TG or 6-MP, achieved a complete remission. AMKBL may not have so poor a prognosis as previously believed.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ninomiya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D015250:Aclarubicin; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015122:Mercaptopurine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009279:Naphthacenes / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013866:Thioguanine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D009279:Naphthacenes; D003561:Cytarabine; D015250:Aclarubicin; C015019:enocitabine; D015122:Mercaptopurine; D013866:Thioguanine