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Induction therapy of adult acute lymphocytic leukemia without the use of vincristine or prednisone. 2001

M Weiss

Leukemia Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.

In the last 30 years, a multitude of treatment regimens for adult acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) has been developed. Essentially, all of these regimens use an induction therapy vincristine, prednisone, and an anthracycline intensified with L-asparaginase or cyclophosphamide. Though such regimens induce most patients to enter a remission, relapse is frequent, and most adult patients ultimately die of their disease. The author postulated that further refinements in this approach to induction therapy were unlikely to markedly improve treatment results in this disease. Therefore, the author is studying a new intensive strategy using cytarabine with a single very high dose of mitoxantrone (without vincristine or prednisone) as induction therapy for adult patients with ALL.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008727	Methotrexate	An antineoplastic antimetabolite with immunosuppressant properties. It is an inhibitor of TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE and prevents the formation of tetrahydrofolate, necessary for synthesis of thymidylate, an essential component of DNA.	Amethopterin,Methotrexate Hydrate,Methotrexate Sodium,Methotrexate, (D)-Isomer,Methotrexate, (DL)-Isomer,Methotrexate, Dicesium Salt,Methotrexate, Disodium Salt,Methotrexate, Sodium Salt,Mexate,Dicesium Salt Methotrexate,Hydrate, Methotrexate,Sodium, Methotrexate
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D008942	Mitoxantrone	An anthracenedione-derived antineoplastic agent.	Mitozantrone,CL-232325,DHAQ,Mitoxantrone Acetate,Mitoxantrone Hydrochloride,Mitroxone,NSC-279836,NSC-287836,NSC-299195,NSC-301739,NSC-301739D,Novantron,Novantrone,Onkotrone,Pralifan,Ralenova,Acetate, Mitoxantrone,CL 232325,CL232325,Hydrochloride, Mitoxantrone,NSC 279836,NSC 287836,NSC 299195,NSC 301739,NSC 301739D,NSC279836,NSC287836,NSC299195,NSC301739,NSC301739D
D009503	Neutropenia	A decrease in the number of NEUTROPHILS found in the blood.	Neutropenias
D011241	Prednisone	A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from CORTISONE. It is biologically inert and converted to PREDNISOLONE in the liver.	Dehydrocortisone,delta-Cortisone,Apo-Prednisone,Cortan,Cortancyl,Cutason,Dacortin,Decortin,Decortisyl,Deltasone,Encorton,Encortone,Enkortolon,Kortancyl,Liquid Pred,Meticorten,Orasone,Panafcort,Panasol,Predni Tablinen,Prednidib,Predniment,Prednison Acsis,Prednison Galen,Prednison Hexal,Pronisone,Rectodelt,Sone,Sterapred,Ultracorten,Winpred,Acsis, Prednison
D011446	Prospective Studies	Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.	Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D011994	Recombinant Proteins	Proteins prepared by recombinant DNA technology.	Biosynthetic Protein,Biosynthetic Proteins,DNA Recombinant Proteins,Recombinant Protein,Proteins, Biosynthetic,Proteins, Recombinant DNA,DNA Proteins, Recombinant,Protein, Biosynthetic,Protein, Recombinant,Proteins, DNA Recombinant,Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant DNA Proteins,Recombinant Proteins, DNA
D012074	Remission Induction	Therapeutic act or process that initiates a response to a complete or partial remission level.	Induction of Remission,Induction, Remission,Inductions, Remission,Remission Inductions
D002330	Carmustine	A cell-cycle phase nonspecific alkylating antineoplastic agent. It is used in the treatment of brain tumors and various other malignant neoplasms. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p462) This substance may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen according to the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP 85-002, 1985). (From Merck Index, 11th ed)	BCNU,1,3-Bis(2-Chloroethyl)-1-Nitrosourea,BiCNU,FIVB,N,N'-Bis(2-Chloroethyl)-N-Nitrosourea,Nitrumon