Predicting relapse risk in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

DT Teachey, SP Hunger - British journal of haematology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Intensive multi‐agent chemotherapy regimens and the introduction of risk‐stratified therapy
have substantially improved cure rates for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia …

Determinants of outcome after intensified therapy of childhood lymphoblastic leukaemia: results from Medical Research Council United Kingdom acute lymphoblastic …

I Hann, A Vora, G Harrison, C Harrison… - British journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The single most important prognostic determinant in childhood acute lymphoblastic
leukaemia (ALL) is effective therapy and changes in therapy may influence the significance …

Long‐term follow‐up of relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

JM Chessells, P Veys, H Kempski… - British journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We have reviewed the outcome after relapse in a cohort of 505 children with acute
lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) seen at a single institution. The majority of relapses (74%) …

Early response to chemotherapy as a prognostic factor in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a methodological review

J Donadieu, C Hill - British journal of haematology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Published studies of the prognostic value of the early response to induction treatment in
childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) were analysed. Three criteria were used to …

A score at diagnosis for predicting length of remission in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

MK Palmer, IM Hann, PM Jones, DI Evans - British journal of cancer, 1980 - nature.com
Thirty-two variables at diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) were studied in an
unselected population-bases series of 209 children. Twelve variables had individually a …

The UK experience in treating relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: a report on the medical research council UKALLR1 study

Lawson, Harrison, Richards, Oakhill… - British journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
We have examined the toxicity and overall outcome of the Medical Research Council
UKALL R1 protocol for 256 patients with relapsed childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia …

High-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first remission treated with novel intensive chemotherapy and allogeneic transplantation

GM Marshall, L Dalla Pozza, R Sutton, A Ng… - Leukemia, 2013 - nature.com
Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and high minimal residual disease (MRD)
levels after initial chemotherapy have a poor clinical outcome. In this prospective, single …

Early responses to chemotherapy of normal and malignant hematologic cells are prognostic in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

SJ Laughton, LJ Ashton, E Kwan, MD Norris… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Improved cure rates for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have
resulted from better relapse prediction, using clinical and laboratory features at diagnosis …

Risk factors for relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: prediction and prevention

F Ceppi, G Cazzaniga, A Colombini… - Expert review of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
With current treatment regimens, survival rates for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have
improved dramatically since the 1980s, with current 5-year overall survival rates estimated at …

High-risk childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

D Bhojwani, SC Howard, CH Pui - Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma, 2009 - Elsevier
Although most children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are cured, certain subsets
have a high risk of relapse. Relapse risk can be predicted by early response to therapy …