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Case Reports
. 1978 Feb;41(2):444-7.
doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197802)41:2<444::aid-cncr2820410210>3.0.co;2-8.

Acute leukemia after chemotherapy (melphalan)

N Einhorn
Case Reports

Acute leukemia after chemotherapy (melphalan)

N Einhorn. Cancer. 1978 Feb.

Abstract

During the years 1966-1973 474 patients with ovarian carcinoma were treated with melphalan. Of these, 48 patients received at least 300 mg melphalan and survived at least 3 years; four cases of acute leukemia were found among these 48 patients. All cases belonged to a group of 12 cases receiving 800 mg melphalan or more.

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