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The results of treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in adolescents and adults were poor 10 years ago [1] and have improved considerably since then. A recent review [2] of the subject has indicated that, indeed, around three-quarters of the patients can achieve complete remission (CR) and that median durations of CR lasting over 2 years have now been reached.
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Stryckmans, P. et al. (1987). Therapy for Adolescent and Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Randomization of Induction and Consolidation Therapies (Preliminary Results of EORTC Study 58791). In: Büchner, T., Schellong, G., Hiddemann, W., Urbanitz, D., Ritter, J. (eds) Acute Leukemias. Haematology and Blood Transfusion / Hämatologie und Bluttransfusion, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71213-5_20
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