Updates in the Treatment of Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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This video reviews the biology of secondary acute myeloid leukemia and highlights some of the latest findings in the treatment of this disease.

In this video, Bruno C. Medeiros, MD, of the Stanford School of Medicine in California, reviews the biology of secondary acute myeloid leukemia and highlights some of the latest findings in the treatment of this disease, including the promising novel agent CPX-351.

Medeiros spoke on this topic during an education session at the 2017 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, held last month in Chicago.

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