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Replacing cyclophosphamide/cytarabine/mercaptopurine with cyclophosphamide/etoposide during consolidation/delayed intensification does not improve outcome for pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the COG

Authors :
Michael J. Burke
Wanda L. Salzer
Meenakshi Devidas
Yunfeng Dai
Lia Gore
Joanne M. Hilden
Eric Larsen
Karen R. Rabin
Patrick A. Zweidler-McKay
Michael J. Borowitz
Brent Wood
Nyla A. Heerema
Andrew J. Carroll
Naomi Winick
William L. Carroll
Elizabeth A. Raetz
Mignon L. Loh
Stephen P. Hunger
Source :
Haematologica, Vol 104, Iss 5 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Ferrata Storti Foundation, 2019.

Abstract

With modern chemotherapy, approximately 90% of patients with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia are now cured. However, subsets of patients can be identified who remain at very high risk of relapse with expected 4-year disease-free survival rates

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03906078 and 15928721
Volume :
104
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Haematologica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.400df5614bb0423c96a66827ab493ef8
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2018.204545