Ponte di Legno Working Group: statement on the right of children with leukemia to have full access to essential treatment and report on the Sixth International Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Workshop

The Sixth International Childhood ALL Workshop was made possible by unrestricted educational grants from Sanofi-Synethelabo Inc., Glaxosmithkline, Enzon Inc., and Ilex. Preparation of the Meeting Report was supported in part by the Österreichische Kinderkrebshilfe and private donations to the Children's Cancer Research Institute; the Associazione Italiana Ricerca sul Cancro, Fondazione Tettamanti, and Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche-Ministero Instruzione Universitá Ricerca); the Deutsche Krebshilfe, Bonn, and Madeleine Schickedanz Foundation, Fürth, Germany; Cancer Research UKJ; grants from the US National Institutes of Health (CA-21765, CA-51001, CA-31566, CA-78824, CA-29139, CA-37379, GM-61393, and GM61374), a Center of Excellence grant from the State of Tennessee, and the American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities (ALSAC). C-H Pui is the American Cancer Society - FM Kirby Clinical Research Professor. © 2004 Nature Publishing Group. All rights reserved.