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Secondary acute nonlymphocytic leukemia following successful chemotherapy combining cisplatin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide for stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer

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Although chemotherapy is indispensable for the treatment of ovarian cancer, secondary acute leukemia has become increasingly important as one of the most unfavorable late effects according to widespread long-term chemotherapy. We report a patient suffering from acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) 3 years after treatment for stage IV ovarian cancer began.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5-Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki 036-8562, Aomori, Japan, e-mail: yokoyama@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp Tel.: 0172-39-5107, Fax: 0172-37-6842, , , , , , JP

    Y. Yokoyama, M. Futagami, Y. Fukushi, T. Sakamoto, T. Higuchi, S. Fujii, S. Sato & Y. Saito

  2. First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan, , , , , , JP

    H. Takami

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  1. Y. Yokoyama
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Received: April 1999 / Accepted: 22 September 1999

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Yokoyama, Y., Futagami, M., Fukushi, Y. et al. Secondary acute nonlymphocytic leukemia following successful chemotherapy combining cisplatin, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide for stage IV epithelial ovarian cancer. Arch Gynecol Obstet 263, 206–207 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004040050285

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