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After induction therapy for acute promyelocytic leukemia with arsenic trioxide and ATRA, at what point do you start consolidation?

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Medical Oncology · Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center

During induction, I wait for count recovery (ANC above 1000, transfusion independent- typically around Day 30, but +/- 5 days) and perform a bone marrow biopsy at that point. Patients routinely are still (but not always) + for PML-RAR at this biopsy, but that doesn't matter. As long as the marrow is...

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