title: [Progress of chemotherapy in adult acute leukemia].
abstract: Due to the advance of chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation (BMT), adult acute leukemia has become a curable disease. Since in BMT a good prognosis is obtained in chemotherapy-induced remission cases, chemotherapy plays a major role for the cure of this disease. In acute myeloid leukemia, the JALSG AML 89 study resulted in a 77% complete remission (CR) rate in 326 adults, 38% of whom had a 4.5-year diseases-free survival (DFS) rate in CR cases. However, the results of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the JALSG ALL 87 study were not satisfactory; 84% CR in 116 adults and only 24% 6-year DFS.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine III, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ohno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D015122:Mercaptopurine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011379:Prognosis; D012074:Remission Induction; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D011239:Prednisolone; D015122:Mercaptopurine; D003630:Daunorubicin