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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
New acute lymphoblastic leukemia study findings reported from A. Kikuchi and co-authors
July 8th, 2008
"From June 1996 to January 2001, 91 patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma or B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia up to 18 years of age were enrolled in Tokyo Children's Cancer Study Group (TCCSG) NHL B9604 protocol study. Five-day intensive chemotherapy courses including high-dose methotrexate and high-dose cyclophosphamide were used for localized disease (Groups A and B)," researchers in Magome, Japan report. "High-dose cytarabine was added for advanced disease (Groups C and D). Fifteen patients experienced an adverse event. There were three induction failures, eight relapses (three local, four bone marrow (BM), one BM + local), two toxic deaths and two second...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-08)
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