Survival of Mexican Children with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia Who Received Early Intensification Chemotherapy and an Autologous Transplant

Table 2

Outcomes for paediatric patients with acute myeloid leukaemia, treated with early intensification chemotherapy or not.

Parameter	Patients
	Group A with EI^a	Group B without EI
	( = 20)	( = 20)
CCR^b	18 (90%)	12 (60%)	0.028
Relapse
Pretransplant	1 (5%)	0 (0%)
Posttransplant	1 (5%)	8 (40%)	0.031
Site of relapse
BM^c	2 (10%)	6 (30%)	0.030
CNS^d	0 (0%)	1 (5%)
BM + CNS	0 (0%)	1 (5%)
Current state
Alive with CCR	18 (90%)	12 (60%)	0.028
Dead	2 (10%)	8 (40%)	0.031
Cause of death
Leukaemic activity	2 (100%)	8 (100%)	0.031
Related to APBT^e	0 (0%)	0 (0%)

^aEI: early intensification.
^bCCR: continued complete remission.
^cBM: bone marrow.
^dCNS: central nervous system.
^eAPBT: autologous peripheral blood transplant.