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Results of NOPHO ALL2008 treatment for patients aged 1-45 years with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 Mar 2018
Toft N, Birgens H, Abrahamsson J, Griškevičius L, Hallböök H, Heyman M, Klausen T W, Jónsson Ó G, Palk K, Pruunsild K, Quist-Paulsen P, Vaitkeviciene G, Vettenranta K, Åsberg A, Frandsen T L, Marquart H V, Madsen H O, Norén-Nyström U, Schmiegelow K
Abstract excerpt
Adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) do worse than children. From 7/2008 to 12/2014, Nordic and Baltic centers treated 1509 consecutive patients aged 1-45 years with Philadelphia chromosome-negative ALL according to the NOPHO ALL2008 without cranial irradiation. Overall, 1022 patients were of age 1-9 years (A), 266 were 10-17 years (B) and 221 were 18-45 years (C). Sixteen patients (three adults) died...
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