Definitions
absence of extramedullary disease
REMISSION, AML
Partial remission (PR) of AML was defined as decrease of bone marrow blast percentage to 5 to 25% and decrease of pretreatment bone marrow blast percentage by at least 50%. CR of AML was defined as bone marrow blasts in an aspirate with spicules < 5%, absence of circulating blasts and blasts with Auer rods, absence of extramedullary disease, absolute neutrophil count > 1.0×10