Cytogenetics and prognosis in childhood lymphoblastic leukaemia: results of MRC UKALL X

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.3493163.x

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Cytogenetics and prognosis in childhood lymphoblastic leukaemia: results of MRC UKALL X

1 Oct 1997

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We have analysed the prognostic influence of cytogenetic findings at diagnosis in a group of 502 children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), treated on MRC UKALL X, in whom clonal cytogenetic abnormalities were detected at diagnosis. Despite the overall improvement in outcome in children treated on this protocol compared with previous trials, some cytogenetically-defined groups were still associated with a...

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