Comparing Chemotherapy Recovery at Home versus in the Hospital for Children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Year: 2021
Type: report
Abstract: What was the research about?Acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, is a type of blood cancer.Although 20 percent of children with leukemia have AML, AML causes more than half of all deaths from leukemia in children.Doctors use multiple courses of chemotherapy to treat AML.After each course, children with AML are at high risk for life-threatening infections.These infections can also delay the next course of chemotherapy.| | Future research could continue to look at when recovery at home would be suitable.Also, studies could compare the severity of bloodstream infections among children with AML who recover in the hospital versus at home. How can people use the results?Parents of a child with AML and their doctors can use the results when considering recovery from chemotherapy at home or in the hospital.To learn more about this project, visit www.pcori.org/Aplenc329.
Institution: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W3118342987