AALL0434 Treatment Therapy Has Excellent Outcomes in Children With T-ALL

Summary

Good management of patients with T-lymphoblastic leukemia requires identifying those at higher risk of morbidity and mortality. End-induction minimal residual disease appears to be a useful tool for predicting outcome and managing treatment, while classifying patients according to the presence of early thymic precursor immunophenotype does not improve risk assessment.

  • children
  • T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
  • end-induction minimal residual disease
  • early thymic precursor immunophenotype
  • AALL0434
  • Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma [NCT00408005]
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