[Treatment of acute leukemias in adults. IV. Treatment results on 375 patients at 9 hematology centers].
On the basis of standardized protocols of the therapeutic results of acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemias in adults sent to the Institute of Haematology in Warsaw from 8 haematological centres in Poland it was demonstrated that complete remission occurred in 34.4% of patients (129 out of 375 cases). The mean survival time of the patients treated intensively according to programmes I, II, III and IV 8.6 months, those of patients with complete remission - 13.5 months, patients without complete remission - 3.7 months. The most frequent cause of death (82.5%) were infections and/or haemarrhagic diathesis.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002173:Cancer Care Facilities; D006405:Hematology; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D011044:Poland
Leczenie ostrych białaczek u dorosłych. IV. Wyniki leczenia 375 chorych z 9 ośrodków hematologicznych.