Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in very old patients: real-life behind protocols.

Serena RosatiCarmelo GurnariMassimo BrecciaIda CarmosinoEmilia ScalzulliEnrico MontefuscoSalvatore PerroneOmbretta AnnibaliVincenza MartiniGiulio TrapèGioia ColafigliMalgorzata TrawinskaClara MinottiGiuseppe CiminoAgostino TafuriGiuseppe AvvisatiMaurizio MartelliMaria Teresa VosoRoberto Latagliata

Published in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2021)

The present analysis highlights that almost half of the patients received sub-optimal induction treatments and registered dismal outcomes demonstrating the importance of adopting standard therapies instead of modified or reduced personalized approaches also in the setting of frail older patients.

Keyphrases

ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
acute myeloid leukemia
bone marrow
metabolic syndrome
patient reported outcomes
skeletal muscle
acute respiratory distress syndrome