Treatment options for older unfit patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
Future Oncol
; 17(7): 837-851, 2021 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-33522289
Older acute myeloid leukemia patients usually experience a bleak outcome, especially those in the unfit group. For this unfit category, intensive chemotherapy and allogeneic stem cell transplantation are usually accompanied by higher early mortality, which results from higher risk genetic profiles and worse psychological and physiological conditions. The significant improvement in genetic technology recently has driven the appearance of several mutation-targeted therapies, such as FLT3, Bcl-2, IDH and Hedgehog pathway inhibitors and an anti-CD33 antibody-drug conjugate, which have changed enormously the therapeutic landscape of acute myeloid leukemia. This review describes the treatment dilemma of the unfit group and discusses the objective clinical data of each targeted drug and mechanisms of resistance, with a focus on combination strategies with fewer toxicities and abrogation of drug resistance.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Leucemia Mieloide Aguda
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica
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Biomarcadores de Tumor
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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En
Revista:
Future Oncol
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido