Does intravenous 6-mercaptopurine decrease salvage after relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia?

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 May 1;46(5):660-1. doi: 10.1002/pbc.20675.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Mercaptopurine / administration & dosage*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / drug therapy
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / mortality
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Salvage Therapy*

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Mercaptopurine