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Acute myeloid leukemia: We are moving from the era of standard chemotherapy to precision medicine

MedExpress Team

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Published July 29, 2024 17:06

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The last decade has undoubtedly seen a huge breakthrough in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (...)," says Prof. Agnieszka Wierzbowska of the Department of Hematology at the Medical University of Lodz and the M. Kopernik Regional Multispecialty Oncology and Traumatology Center in Lodz.

How big a therapeutic challenge is refractory and relapsed acute myeloid leukemia?

The treatment of refractory relapsed acute myeloid leukemia is an ongoing unresolved medical need, for the reason that the prognosis of relapsed patients is unfortunately poor. The prerequisite for prolonging survival is to achieve a second complete remission, which is already a hassle, and then qualify the patient for allogeneic transplantation. And even in spite of such aggressive treatment, long-term survival in these patients is in the 20-25 percent range (patients survive 4 to 5 years).

And how has the picture of diagnosing and treating acute myeloid leukemia ch...

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