TY - GEN AU - Vignetti,Marco AU - Fazi,Paola AU - Cimino,Giuseppe AU - Martinelli,Giovanni AU - Di Raimondo,Francesco AU - Ferrara,Felicetto AU - Meloni,Giovanna AU - Ambrosetti,Achille AU - Quarta,Giovanni AU - Pagano,Livio AU - Rege-Cambrin,Giovanna AU - Elia,Loredana AU - Bertieri,Raffaello AU - Annino,Luciana AU - FoĆ ,Robin AU - Baccarani,Michele AU - Mandelli,Franco TI - Imatinib plus steroids induces complete remissions and prolonged survival in elderly Philadelphia chromosome-positive patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia without additional chemotherapy: results of the Gruppo Italiano Malattie Ematologiche dell'Adulto (GIMEMA) LAL0201-B protocol SN - 0006-4971 PY - 2007///0605 KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols KW - administration & dosage KW - Benzamides KW - Disease-Free Survival KW - Female KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl KW - genetics KW - Humans KW - Imatinib Mesylate KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Piperazines KW - Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma KW - drug therapy KW - Pyrimidines KW - Remission Induction KW - Steroids KW - Survival Rate N1 - Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2006-10-052746 ER -