Revista médica de Chile
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Revista médica de Chile · Sep 2024
[Survival in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Survival Analysis of 120 Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a Focus on Patients Over 60 Years of Age at Sótero del Río Hospital].
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most frequent type of leukemia in adults and has a high mortality burden. Patients over 60 years of age infrequently receive high-intensity chemotherapy. ⋯ Results with chemotherapy in patients 60 years of age and above are good, but the proportion of patients treated in the age group was low compared to other national reports.