Four hundred thirty patients with high-risk acute lymphoid leukemia were entered on the acute leukemia in childhood protocol (AlinC 12) of the Pediatric Division of the Southwest Oncology Group (now the Pediatric Oncology Group) between 1976 and 1979. This study was a prospective randomized comparis
Intensive alternating drug pairs for treatment of high-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. A pediatric oncology group pilot study
β Scribed by Stephen J. Lauer; Bruce M. Camitta; Brigid G. Leventhal; Donald H. Mahoney Jr.; Jonathan J. Shuster; Stuart Adair; James T. Casper; Curt I. Civin; Michael Graham; Geri Kiefer; Jeanette Pullen; C. Philip Steuber; Barton Kamen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 682 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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