Acute myeloid leukaemia – the post and present of the treatment in the world and the Institute of Heamatology and Blood Transfusion in Prague

Czech version

Authors: P. Soukup; J. Soukupová Maaloufová; J. Čermák; P. Cetkovský; M. Lukášová
Authors‘ workplace: Ústav hematologie a krevní transfuze Praha, ředitel prof. MUDr. Marek Trněný, CSc.
Published in: Vnitř Lék 2012; 58(Suppl 2): 16-19
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Overview

Despite the boom in the field of molecular genetics and genomics, acute myeloid leukemia remains an important challenge. Though patient-tailored treatment results have seen great improvement, we are still behind our and our patients expectations.

Key words:
acute myeloid leukemia – anthracycline – cytosin arabinosid – bone marrow transplantation

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