FREE NEJM E-TOC    HOME   |   SUBSCRIBE   |   CURRENT ISSUE   |   PAST ISSUES   |   COLLECTIONS   |   Search Term  Advanced Search

Sign in | Get NEJM's E-Mail Table of Contents — Free | Subscribe

Previous Volume 338:393-394 February 5, 1998 Number 6 Next

	Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

	Full Text Purchase this article Add to Personal Archive Add to Citation Manager Notify a Friend E-mail When Cited Related Article by Tallman, M. S. PubMed Citation

To the Editor: The report by Tallman and colleagues (Oct. 9 issue)¹ concludes that "all-trans-retinoic acid as induction or maintenance treatment improves disease-free and overall survival as compared with chemotherapy alone and should be included in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia." Several cooperative groups have reported rates of remission and event-free survival with all-trans-retinoic acid for induction or maintenance treatment or both that leave no doubt about the therapeutic advantage of including this drug in the treatment of newly diagnosed acute promyelocytic leukemia.^2,3,4,5,6,7

Tallman and colleagues used bone marrow morphology as the only diagnostic tool, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

References

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Kaiser, P. C., Korner, M., Kappeler, A., Aebi, S. (2005). Retinoid receptors in ovarian cancer: expression and prognosis. Ann Oncol 16: 1477-1487 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Hochedlinger, K., Blelloch, R., Brennan, C., Yamada, Y., Kim, M., Chin, L., Jaenisch, R. (2004). Reprogramming of a melanoma genome by nuclear transplantation. Genes Dev. 18: 1875-1885 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Girardi, M., Heald, P. W., Wilson, L. D. (2004). The Pathogenesis of Mycosis Fungoides. NEJM 350: 1978-1988 [Full Text]  
• Li, X.-N., Parikh, S., Shu, Q., Jung, H.-L., Chow, C.-W., Perlaky, L., Leung, H.-C. E., Su, J., Blaney, S., Lau, C. C. (2004). Phenylbutyrate and Phenylacetate Induce Differentiation and Inhibit Proliferation of Human Medulloblastoma Cells. Clin. Cancer Res. 10: 1150-1159 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Coco, F. L., Diverio, D., Falini, B., Biondi, A., Nervi, C., Pelicci, P. G. (1999). Genetic Diagnosis and Molecular Monitoring in the Management of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia. Blood 94: 12-22 [Full Text]