Analysis of prognostic factors in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

✍ Scribed by Hammond, Denman ;Sather, Harland ;Nesbit, Mark ;Miller, Dennis ;Coccia, Peter ;Bleyer, Archie ;Lukens, John ;Siegel, Stuart

• Book ID: 102950845
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 734 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-1532
• DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950140305

✦ Synopsis

Children with ALL who have a high probability of excellent response, long-term survival, and cure when treated with widely available standard therapy can be identified at the time of diagnosis. Others can be identified who are at high risk of failure to respond, early relapse, and death. The importance of such prognostic characteristics is so great that they should be considered in the selection of appropriate treatment for each