"Induction Chemotherapy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Initial drug treatment designed to bring about REMISSION INDUCTION. It is typically a short-term and high-dose drug treatment that is followed by CONSOLIDATION CHEMOTHERAPY and then MAINTENANCE CHEMOTHERAPY.
| Descriptor ID |
D060828
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.499 E02.860.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Induction Chemotherapy- Induction Chemotherapy
- Chemotherapies, Induction
- Chemotherapy, Induction
- Induction Chemotherapies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Induction Chemotherapy" by people in Profiles.
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Use of allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation based on minimal residual disease response improves outcomes for children with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the intermediate-risk group. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jul 20; 31(21):2736-42.
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Minimal residual disease after induction is the strongest predictor of prognosis in intermediate risk relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - long-term results of trial ALL-REZ BFM P95/96. Eur J Cancer. 2013 Apr; 49(6):1346-55.
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