Identification of two risk groups in childhood acute myelogenous leukemia after therapy intensification in study AML-BFM-83 as compared with study AML-BFM-78. AML-BFM Study Group

The main difference between the two cooperative studies on therapy of childhood acute myelogenous leukemia AML-BFM-78 and AML-BFM-83 was the addition of an 8-day ADE (cytosine arabinoside, daunorubicin, etoposide) induction treatment in the second study. Due to this intensification, the relapse rate... View More