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Is there a role for postremission therapy in older adults with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)?

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This paper is part of a series of keynote addresses to be published in Leukemia. They were presented at the Acute Leukemia Forum, San Francisco, April 16, 2004

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Rowe, J. Is there a role for postremission therapy in older adults with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML)?. Leukemia 19, 1324–1327 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403827

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