Intensive chemotherapy may be harmful to most older patients with acute myeloid leukemia

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 12:28 in Health & Medicine

The prognosis for nearly three-quarters of elderly patients on intensive chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia is poor, with a median survival of less than six months, according to a new study.

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