The oncologists at Ochsner, after warning the patient and his family that this malignancy represented the most aggressive form of leukemia, recommended that he immediately begin treatment with the chemotherapy drugs thioguanine and cytosine arabinoside.
The same study found that most plans covered the following drugs, with median copays ranging from $5-$40: lomustine, thioguanine, bexarotene, erlotinib, exemestane, anastrozole, megestrol acetate, tamoxifen, chlorambucil, procarbazine, altretamine, and others.
The patient was treated with high-dose all-transretinoic acid for 14 days, followed by a first induction chemotherapy regimen consisting of cytarabine, daunorubicine, and thioguanine.
