An intensive approach to treatment for older patients with relapsed isolated NPM1 mutated AML.

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Honorary Professor of Myeloid Leukaemia Studies and Consultant Haematologist, St James׳s Institute of Oncology, Bexley Wing, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, United Kingdom.

Published: February 2015

We present a short case series of elderly patients with NK-AML and isolated NPM1 mutation who were treated with intensive chemotherapy, achieving significant CRs multiple times on reinduction, even with a single course.We hope to highlight the NPM1 as a molecular marker in elderly for consideration of aggressive treatment, even if abridged, as this subset may achieve a durable, good quality responses at diagnosis or subsequent relapses.

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