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FLAG regimen

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aparna Vuppala, M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Overview

FLAG regimen refers to a regimen consisting of fludarabine, high-dose cytarabine (AraC) and filgrastim (G-CSF), used as a remission-induction treatment for relapsed or refractory childhood acute myeloid leukemia (AML)[1]

Regimen

Regimen

FLFludarabine

ACytarabine (AraC)

GFilgrastim (G-CSF)

Indications

Indications

References

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Montillo M, Mirto S, Petti MC, Latagliata R, Magrin S, Pinto A; et al. (1998). “Fludarabine, cytarabine, and G-CSF (FLAG) for the treatment of poor risk acute myeloid leukemia”. Am J Hematol. 58 (2): 105–9. PMID 9625576.

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