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Treatment intensity and survival trends among real-world elderly AML patients diagnosed in the period 2001–2016: a Danish nationwide cohort study

Therese Maria Henriette Naura Department of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lasse Hjort Jakobsena Department of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;b Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6575-7686
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Anne Stidsholt Rouga Department of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;b Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2621-5432
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Tarec Christoffer El-Galalya Department of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;b Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4406-380X
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Claus Werenberg Marcherc Department of Hematology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6595-2075
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Jan Maxwell Nørgaardd Department of Hematology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3592-118X
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Kim Theilgaard-Mönche Department of Hematology and Finsen Laboratory, Rigshospitalet and Biotech Research and Innovation Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4239-4939
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Peter Møllerf Department of Hematology, Roskilde Sygehus, Roskilde, Denmark
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Claudia Schöllkopfg Department of Hematology, Herlev Hospital, Herlev, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-506X
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Marianne Tang Severinsena Department of Hematology, Clinical Cancer Research Center, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;b Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0996-1812
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Pages 2014-2017 | Received 10 Dec 2020, Accepted 12 Feb 2021, Published online: 12 Mar 2021

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