The Role of Azacitidine in the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Results of a Retrospective Multicenter Study

Tombak, Anil; Ucar, Mehmet; Akdeniz, Aydan; Tiftik, Eyup; Sahin, Deniz; Akay, Olga; Yıldırım, Murat; NEVRUZ, Oral; Kis, Cem; GÜRKAN, EMEL; SOLMAZ, Serife; OZCAN, Mehmet; Yıldırım, Rahsan; BERBER, Ilhami; ERKURT, Mehmet; TUGLULAR, Tulin; TARKUN, Pinar; YAVASOGLU, Irfan; DOGU, Mehmet; Sari, Ismail; MERTER, Mustafa; OZCAN, Muhit; Yildizhan, Esra; KAYNAR, LEYLAGÜL; MEHTAP, Ozgur; UYSAL, Ayse; Sahin, Fahri; SALIM, Ozan; SUNGUR, Mehmet

doi:10.4274/tjh.2015.0203

The Role of Azacitidine in the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Results of a Retrospective Multicenter Study

Tombak A., Ucar M. A., Akdeniz A., Tiftik E. N., Sahin D. G., Akay O. M., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY, vol.33, no.4, pp.273-280, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 33 Issue: 4
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.4274/tjh.2015.0203
Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Page Numbers: pp.273-280
Keywords: Azacitidine, Acute myeloid leukemia, Elderly, Bone marrow blasts, Prognostic factors, Overall survival
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: In this study, we aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of azacitidine (AZA) in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), including patients with >30% bone marrow (BM) blasts.