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Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD, on AML: Safety and Efficacy of Guadecitabine

2015 ASH Annual Meeting

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Hagop M. Kantarjian, MD, of MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses a study that compared efficacy and safety results of using 5-day and 10-day regimens of a novel hypomethylating agent in 103 treatment-naïve AML patients who were not candidates for intensive chemotherapy (Abstract 458).



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