Chemotherapy and Bone Marrow Transplantation in Treating Patients Acute Myeloid With Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2003-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop cancer cells from dividing
so they stop growing or die. Combining chemotherapy with bone marrow transplantation may
allow the doctor to give higher doses of chemotherapy and kill more cancer cells.
PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of bone marrow transplantation following
combination chemotherapy in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic
syndrome .