PMID: 6965045Jan 1, 1982Paper

Results of 2 protocols in the treatment of acute lymphoid leukemia in children, according to prognostic factors

Revista española de oncología
J L MissetG Mathé

Abstract

Children with acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) were treated according to two protocols. A group of 65 patients in which prognostic factors were no taken into account were treated with a combination of vincristine, asparaginase and prednisone to induce remission, followed by neuromeningeal prophylaxis with intraraquideal methotrexate and cranial irradiation with 2400 rads, two years maintenance therapy with 6-mercaptopurine and methotrexate, and then reinforcing chemotherapy, BCG scarification and injection of irradiated leukemic cell. No relapses were observed in the first 4.5 years. After 7.5 year, general survival was of 60 per 100, with 44 per 100 disease-free. A group of ALL children having a good prognosis were treated as indicated but adding adriamycin during the induction of remission and vindesine during the maintenance period. During the first three years no relapses were seen, and the general survival was 82 per 100, including a high proportion of disease-free children.

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