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The Promise of Pharmacogenomics in Reducing Toxicity during Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Maintenance Treatment
1 Apr 2017
Abstract excerpt
Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) affects a substantial number of children every year and requires a long and rigorous course of chemotherapy treatments in three stages, with the longest phase, the maintenance phase, lasting 2-3years. While the primary drugs used in the maintenance phase, 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) and methotrexate (MTX), are necessary for decreasing risk of relapse, they also have...
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