Complete remission induced by high dose erythropoietin and granulocyte colony stimulating factor in acute erythroleukemia (AML-M6 with maturation)

Camera, A.; Volpicelli, M.; Villa, M.R.; Risitano, A.M.; Rossi, M.; Rotoli, B.

Haematologica 87(11): 1225-1227

2002


ISSN/ISBN: 0390-6078
PMID: 12414355
Document Number: 551498
Alternative therapeutic approaches with low dose chemotherapy and differentiative-maturative treatment by growth factors are under consideration for elderly patients with acute leukemia. Two patients with AML-M6 with maturation, one refractory to standard chemotherapy and the other ineligible for cytoxic treatment, obtained complete remission from leukemia using high dose recombinant erythropoietin and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.

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