Treatment of ALL consists of the following:
The only exception to this is in patients with mature B cell ALL where short term intensive chemotherapy (including high-dose methotrexate, cytarabine, and cyclophosphamide are used) (1).
Therapy directed at CNS is started early in the clinical course which is aimed at preventing relapses attributable to leukemic cells sequestered in this site (1).
Children respond well to treatment:
Fewer advances have been achieved in adults:
Notes:
Reference:
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