The treatment of acute myelocytic leukemia during the first recurrence by means of a new cytostatic combination
Cavalli, F.; Sauter, C.; Senn, H.J.; Alberto, P.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 106(38): 1265-1268
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 1070154 Document Number: 108242
Fifteen patients with acute myeloic leukemia in the first relapse following initial therapy were treated with a combination of adriamycin, vincristine, 6-thioguanine and the new podophyllotoxin derivative VP 16-213. Complete remission was obtained in 3 cases and partial remission in 3 further patients. The combination was generally well tolerated. These preliminary results are compared with those available in the relatively meagre literature. The study is being continued.