Promising combo offers hope for Tough-to-Treat leukemia
NCT ID NCT02993523
First seen May 15, 2026 · Last updated May 15, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding venetoclax to azacitidine helps people with untreated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) live longer. About 443 adults who couldn't have standard chemo took part. Two-thirds got the combo, one-third got a placebo plus azacitidine. The goal was to see if the combo improves survival and remission rates.
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Locations
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AP-HP - Hopital Saint-Louis /ID# 153787
Paris, 75010, France
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AZ Sint-Jan Brugge /ID# 154041
Bruges, 8000, Belgium
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Aalborg University Hospital /ID# 154047
Aalborg, North Denmark, 9000, Denmark
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Aichi Cancer Center Hospital /ID# 200824
Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 464-8681, Japan
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Akademiska Sjukhuset /ID# 153034
Uppsala, Uppsala County, 751 85, Sweden
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Akershus universitetssykehus /ID# 154279
Nordlenangen, Akershus, 1474, Norway
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Albert Alberts Stem Cell Transplant Centre /ID# 153684
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0044, South Africa
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Alfred Health /ID# 154275
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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Ankara Universitesi Fakultesi /ID# 155200
Ankara, 06620, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Assaf Harofeh Medical Center /ID# 158063
Be’er Ya‘aqov, 70300, Israel
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Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Antonio Cardarelli /ID# 152879
Naples, 80131, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona /ID# 171220
Ancona, 60126, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Sant'Andrea /ID# 152876
Rome, 00189, Italy
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Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII (Presidio Papa Giovanni /ID# 152875
Bergamo, 24127, Italy
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Temple /ID# 157191
Temple, Texas, 76508-0001, United States
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center /ID# 201155
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215-5400, United States
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CHU Bordeaux - Hopital Haut Leveque /ID# 153789
Pessac, Gironde, 33604, France
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Changhua Christian Hospital /ID# 153899
Changhua, Changhua County, 50006, Taiwan
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China Medical University Hospital /ID# 153904
Taichung, 40447, Taiwan
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Chu Angers /Id# 153792
Angers, 49933, France
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City of Hope /ID# 154105
Duarte, California, 91010, United States
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Clinical Hospital Dubrava /ID# 153515
Zagreb, City of Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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Columbia Univ Medical Center /ID# 154101
New York, New York, 10032-3725, United States
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Cotton-O'Neil Clinical Res Ctr /ID# 155136
Topeka, Kansas, 66606, United States
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute /ID# 167009
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont /ID# 153814
Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, 4032, Hungary
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Del-pesti Centrumkorhaz Orszagos Hematologiai es Infektologiai Intezet /ID# 158990
Budapest, 1097, Hungary
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Drammen Sykehus /ID# 154280
Drammen, Buskerud, 3004, Norway
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Duke Cancer Center /ID# 154106
Durham, North Carolina, 27710-3000, United States
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Dup_VO Hematologi /ID# 153174
Lund, 221 85, Sweden
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Duplicate_Hospital de Braga /ID# 154797
Braga, 4710-423, Portugal
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Duplicate_Kindai University Hospital /ID# 167662
Osaka-sayama-shi, Osaka, 589-8511, Japan
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Duplicate_Klinicki bolnicki centar Osijek /ID# 153623
Osijek, County of Osijek-Baranja, 31000, Croatia
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Duplicate_Konkuk University Medical Ctr /ID# 153973
Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 05030, South Korea
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Duplicate_Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine /ID# 167661
Kyoto, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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Duplicate_Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg /ID# 169719
Salzburg, 5020, Austria
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Duplicate_Regional Oncology Dispensary /ID# 153264
Penza, Penza Oblast, 440071, Russia
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Duplicate_Semmelweis Egyetem /ID# 153815
Budapest, 1088, Hungary
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EMMC Cancer Care /ID# 154991
Brewer, Maine, 04412, United States
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Emory Midtown Infectious Disease Clinic /ID# 162534
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Fakultni Nemocnice Brno /ID# 154019
Brno, 625 00, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove /ID# 154021
Hradec Králové, 500 05, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava /ID# 154017
Ostrava, 708 52, Czechia
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Fakultni nemocnice Plzen /ID# 154018
Pilsen, 305 99, Czechia
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Federal State Budgetary Ins NRC for Hematology of MoH of Russian Federation /ID# 155740
Moscow, 125167, Russia
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Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico /ID# 152882
Milan, 20122, Italy
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Fondazione PTV Policlinico Tor Vergata /ID# 152881
Rome, Roma, 00133, Italy
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Fort Wayne Medical Oncology /ID# 157190
Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46804, United States
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Fujian Medical University Union Hospital /ID# 167314
Fuzhou, Fujian, 350001, China
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Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi Melacrino Morelli /ID# 152877
Reggio Calabria, 89124, Italy
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Gunmaken Saiseikai Maebashi Hospital /ID# 168316
Maebashi, Gunma, 371-0821, Japan
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Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine /ID# 202073
Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Hadassah /ID# 154172
Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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Hanusch Krankenhaus /ID# 155676
Vienna, 1140, Austria
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Haukeland University Hospital /ID# 154281
Bergen, Hordaland, 5021, Norway
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Helsinki University Hospital /ID# 155223
Helsinki, Uusimaa, 00290, Finland
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Henan Cancer Hospital /ID# 167320
Zhengzhou, Henan, 450008, China
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Hitachi General Hospital /ID# 201109
Hitachi-shi, Ibaraki, 317-0077, Japan
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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona /ID# 153255
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon /ID# 153260
Madrid, 28007, Spain
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Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau /ID# 153193
Barcelona, 08041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre /ID# 153258
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria /ID# 153257
Málaga, 29010, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Navarra /ID# 153254
Pamplona, Navarre, 31008, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de la Princesa /ID# 153256
Madrid, 28006, Spain
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Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe /ID# 153259
Valencia, 46026, Spain
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Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto - USP /ID# 153099
Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14051-140, Brazil
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre /ID# 157779
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil
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IPO Porto FG, EPE /ID# 154138
Porto, 4200-072, Portugal
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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna /ID# 152883
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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IUCT Oncopole /ID# 153788
Toulouse, 31059, France
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Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sc /ID# 167487
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300020, China
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Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa São Lucas /ID# 157778
São Paulo, São Paulo, 01236-030, Brazil
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Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo - ICESP /ID# 153095
São Paulo, São Paulo, 01246-000, Brazil
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Jiangsu Province Hospital /ID# 167489
Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, China
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Johns Hopkins University /ID# 154104
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Juntendo University Hospital /ID# 168309
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan
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Juravinski Cancer Centre /ID# 153650
Hamilton, Ontario, L8V 1C3, Canada
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Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital /ID# 153902
Kaohsiung City, 807, Taiwan
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Karolinska University Hospital /ID# 170003
Stockholm, 171 76, Sweden
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Klinicki bolnicki centar Zagreb /ID# 153383
Zagreb, City of Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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Kuzbass Regional Clinical Hospital /ID# 157461
Kemerovo, Kemerovo Oblast, 650099, Russia
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Kyiv Regional Onco Dispensary /ID# 153514
Kyiv, 04107, Ukraine
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Kyiv city clinical hospital #9 /ID# 153510
Kiev, Vinnytsia Oblast, 04112, Ukraine
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Kyushu University Hospital /ID# 169095
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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Massachusetts General Hospital /ID# 200752
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover /ID# 153055
Hanover, 30625, Germany
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Medizinische Universitaet Graz /ID# 157882
Graz, Styria, 8036, Austria
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center-Koch Center /ID# 165077
New York, New York, 10065-6007, United States
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Moscow State budget healthcare /ID# 155738
Moscow, Moscow, 125284, Russia
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Municipal Non-Profit Enterprise City Clinical Hospital 4 of Dnipro City Council /ID# 153511
Dnipro, 49102, Ukraine
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NTT Medical Center Tokyo /ID# 167975
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8625, Japan
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Nagasaki University Hospital /ID# 168632
Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan
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Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University /ID# 170148
Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China
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National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center /ID# 201111
Fukuoka, Fukuoka, 811-1395, Japan
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National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center /ID# 168219
Higashi, Ibaraki, 311-3193, Japan
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National Taiwan University Hospital /ID# 153900
Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital named N.A. Semashko /ID# 153268
Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, 603126, Russia
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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine /ID# 201133
Chicago, Illinois, 60611-2927, United States
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Norton Cancer Institute /ID# 154992
Louisville, Kentucky, 40202-3700, United States
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Okayama University Hospital /ID# 204124
Okayama, Okayama-ken, 700-8558, Japan
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Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip /ID# 155201
Samsun, 55139, Turkey (Türkiye)
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Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH Barmherzige Schwestern /ID# 154888
Linz, Upper Austria, 4010, Austria
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Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH Elisabethinen /ID# 154885
Linz, Upper Austria, 4010, Austria
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Osaka Metropolitan University Hospital /ID# 169055
Osaka, Osaka, 545-8586, Japan
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Ospedale Policlinico San Martino /ID# 158104
Genova, 16132, Italy
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Osrodek Badan Klinicznych przy Szpitalu Specjalistycznym im. Ludwika Rydygiera w /ID# 169846
Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 31-826, Poland
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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute /ID# 153541
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L6, Canada
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Poltava Reg Clin Hosp Sklifoso /ID# 153513
Poltava, 36011, Ukraine
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Presidio Ospedaliero Vito Fazzi /ID# 170837
Lecce, Apulia, 73100, Italy
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Princess Alexandra Hospital /ID# 154272
Woolloongabba, Queensland, 4102, Australia
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Princess Margaret Cancer Centre /ID# 153651
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9, Canada
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Qilu Hospital of Shandong University /ID# 167485
Jinan, 250012, China
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Rabin Medical Center /ID# 154176
Petah Tikva, 4941492, Israel
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Rambam Health Care Campus /ID# 154174
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
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Royal Adelaide Hospital /ID# 154271
Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
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Royal Perth Hospital /ID# 154274
Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
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Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine /ID# 167318
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200065, China
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SP ZOZ Zespol Szpitali Miejskich w Chorzowie /ID# 153385
Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, 41-500, Poland
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Saitama Medical University International Medical Center /ID# 167814
Hidaka-shi, Saitama, 350-1298, Japan
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Samara State Medical University /ID# 157462
Samara, 443099, Russia
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Samsung Medical Center /ID# 153674
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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Saratov State Medical University n.a. V.I. Razumovskiy /ID# 153267
Saratov, Saratov Oblast, 410012, Russia
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Semmelweis Egyetem /ID# 153816
Budapest, 1085, Hungary
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Seoul National University Hospital /ID# 153675
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Sepctrum Health Medical Center /ID# 159522
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49503, United States
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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital /ID# 163924
Nedlands, Western Australia, 6009, Australia
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Somogy Megyei Kaposi Mor Oktato Korhaz /ID# 153813
Kaposvár, Somogy County, 7400, Hungary
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St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne /ID# 155094
Melbourne, Victoria, 3065, Australia
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St. Paul's Hospital /ID# 159644
Vancouver, British Columbia, V6Z 1Y6, Canada
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State Institution of Health of the Ryazan Regional Clinical Hospital /ID# 157460
Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, 390039, Russia
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Sykehuset Ostfold Kalnes /ID# 157755
Grålum, 1714, Norway
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Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg Megyei Korhazak es Egyetemi Oktatokorhaz Josa Andras Okta /ID# 169854
Nyíregyháza, Nyiregyhaza, 4400, Hungary
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Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Klinikai Kozpont /ID# 153812
Szeged, Csongrád megye, 6725, Hungary
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Tampere University Hospital /ID# 154963
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, 33520, Finland
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center /ID# 154175
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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Tennessee Oncology-Nashville Centennial /ID# 200854
Nashville, Tennessee, 37203-1632, United States
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The Chaim Sheba Medical Center /ID# 154173
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, 5265601, Israel
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The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine /ID# 167317
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310006, China
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The First Hospital of Jilin University /ID# 167490
Changchun, Jilin, 130021, China
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The Jikei University Daisan Hospital /ID# 168745
Komae-shi, Tokyo, 201-8601, Japan
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The Royal Melbourne Hospital /ID# 155095
Parkville, Victoria, 3050, Australia
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The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University /ID# 167316
Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China
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Tohoku University Hospital /ID# 169259
Sendai, Miyagi, 9808574, Japan
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Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital /ID# 168639
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan
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Tom Baker Cancer Centre /ID# 159645
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N2, Canada
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Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Techno /ID# 167315
Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China
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Turku University Hospital /ID# 154964
Turku, 20520, Finland
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UCL Saint-Luc /ID# 153391
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium
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UZ Brussel /ID# 153393
Jette, Brussels Capital, 1090, Belgium
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UZ Gent /ID# 153392
Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, 9000, Belgium
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Uddevalla sjukhus /ID# 156875
Uddevalla, Västra Götaland County, 451 80, Sweden
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Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technol /ID# 167493
Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China
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Universitaetsklinikum Frankfurt /ID# 153060
Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, 60590, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Halle (Saale) /ID# 153058
Halle, 06120, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) /ID# 153056
Hamburg, 20246, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum Muenster /ID# 153059
Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, 48149, Germany
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Universitaetsklinikum St. Poelten /ID# 167436
Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria, 3100, Austria
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Universitaetsklinikum Ulm /ID# 153054
Ulm, Baden-Wurttemberg, 89081, Germany
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University Of Vermont Medical /ID# 157196
Burlington, Vermont, 05405, United States
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University of California, Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center /ID# 162725
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of California, Los Angeles /ID# 154107
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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University of Chicago Medicine /ID# 154108
Chicago, Illinois, 60637-1426, United States
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University of Fukui Hospital /ID# 167432
Yoshida-gun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan
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University of Pittsburgh MC /ID# 154102
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15260, United States
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University of Pretoria /ID# 153682
Pretoria, Gauteng, 0001, South Africa
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center /ID# 154100
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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University of Utah /ID# 157192
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112-5500, United States
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Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im. Jana Mikulicza-Radeckiego we Wrocławiu /ID# 153389
Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, 50-556, Poland
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VA Caribbean Healthcare System /ID# 160507
San Juan, 00921-3201, Puerto Rico
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West China Hospital, Sichuan University /ID# 167492
Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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Yamagata University Hospital /ID# 167634
Yamagata, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan
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