Undifferentiated leukemia following treatment of gastric cancer with 5 fluorouracil, doxorubicin, mitomycin C chemotherapy.
Secondary leukemias are an increasingly well recognized complication of cancer chemotherapy. We report on the development of undifferentiated leukemia in a forty one year lady, eighteen months after treatment of gastric cancer with 5-fluorouracil (5 FU), doxorubicin and mitomycin C. She developed progressive weakness and pancytopenia over a period of few months. Leukemic blasts which were undifferentiated by immunophenotyping were seen in her peripheral blood. She died of intracranial haemorrhage during induction chemotherapy for the leukemia. Undifferentiated leukemia is a rare complication of FAM chemotherapy for gastric cancer.
Department of Medical Oncology, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (IRCH), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi-110 029, India.
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Gupta
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Raina
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Jain
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Gujral
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Kumar
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
D016685:Mitomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin; D005472:Fluorouracil