Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Studies from University of Michigan, Department of Pediatrics provide new data on acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, November 11th, 2007
Current study results from the report, 'Health knowledge about symptoms of heart attack and stroke in adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia,' have been published. According to a study from the United States, " Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common pediatric malignancy, have a 5-year survival rate of better than 80%. Long-term survivors of childhood ALL, however, carry an elevated risk of early mortality from cardiac events and stroke and a disproportionately high prevalence of dyslipidemia and obesity, presumably as an adverse effect of treatment."
"As part of a clinical follow-up study of 70 young adult survivors of...
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