Meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials comparing idarubicin + cytarabine with daunorubicin + cytarabine as the induction chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia.

To determine whether the use of idarubicin+cytarabine (IA) is more effective than the use of daunorubicin+cytarabine (DA) as induction chemotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia.A computer-based search was performed. Randomised trials comparing IA with DA as induction the...

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Main Authors: Jing Wang, Yong-Gong Yang, Min Zhou, Jing-Yan Xu, Qi-Guo Zhang, Rong-Fu Zhou, Bing Chen, Jian Ouyang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3622517?pdf=render