PMID: 6397264Jan 1, 1983Paper

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children: current status, controversies, and future perspective

Critical Reviews in Oncology/hematology
L P Miller, D R Miller

Abstract

Disease-free survival (DFS) in childhood ALL is 60%, and survival in good, average, and poor prognostic groups defined by initial WBC and age is 90, 60, and 45%, respectively. Additional immunological, morphological, biochemical, cytokinetic, and cytogenetic factors have been identified, illustrating the heterogeneity of ALL and its derivation from malignant clones at various stages of differentiation and with varying rates of proliferation. Of biologic importance, these factors may refine further the characteristic features of clinically-determined prognostic groups. Multivariate analysis of large prospective trials with homogeneous therapy will be required to determine the independent prognostic importance of these factors. Current treatment strategies in ALL include (1) tailoring therapy and its intensity to prognostic groups; (2) multiple-drug combinations in induction; (3) early use of intrathecal (IT) methotrexate (MTX); (4) CNS prophylaxis with IT MTX alone in good prognosis patients and combined cranial radiation (CXRT), 1800 rads plus IT MTX, in average and poor prognosis patients. Current studies show a CNS relapse rate of 5% in all prognostic groups. Late neuropsychological defects caused by cranial XRT and IT MTX ha...Continue Reading

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