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The national Institute for Clinical Excellence has recommended that
The most important threat to a patient is from
The objective of treatment is to produce and maintain complete remission (CR), which is considered to be the only currently accepted approach to AML cure (2). Treatment of AML is organised as:
Remission induction is attempted using a combination of cytotoxic agents anthracycline (eg, daunorubicin, idarubicin or anthracenedione mitoxantrone) and cytarabine (3).
Bone marrow transplantation is often undertaken either following induction of remission or after relapse.
Supportive care is indicated in patients with poor performance status and considerable co-morbidity, as well as elderly patients not eligible for curative treatment (4).
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