Clinical and prognostic investigations on M2/t(8;21) acute nonlymphocytic leukemia

Abstract

Clinical and prognostic investigations were conducted in 46 cases of M2/t (8;21) leukemia and 29 cases of M2/NN patients. Results showed that most patients with M2/t(8;21) were young males with higher incidence of extramedullary infiltrations. Complete remission rate was higher but with earlier relaps. The prognosis of patients with M2/t(8;21) with loss of one sexual chromosome was poor.

Keywords

M2/t(8;21) / acute nonlymphocytic leukemia / clinical features

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