[The prospects for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia of being cured has increased in the Czech Republic in the 21st century to 90% - outcome of the ALL-IC BFM 2002 trial].

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

[The prospects for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia of being cured has increased in the Czech Republic in the 21st century to 90% - outcome of the ALL-IC BFM 2002 trial].

Original language description

BACKGROUND: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent childhood malignancy. Treatment has been unified in the middle of 1980 in the Czech Republic. In 2002-2007 children and adolescents with acute lymphoblastic leukemia were treated in an international randomized trial ALL-IC BFM 2002 in the Czech Republic. 291 patients aged 1-18 years were enrolled; infants below 1 year entered a separate trial. METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients were stratified into three risk groups according to their age, initial leukocyte count, prednisone response, presence of fusion genes BCR/ABL or MLL/AF4, bone marrow D+15 and remission status D+33. The whole therapy took 24 months. Randomized late intensification compared standard BFM therapy with extended, usually more intensive experimental treatment. The median follow-up was 8.7 years. Complete remission was achieved in 97.9% patients, 1% died in remission. 11% of children relapsed, 1.7% with CNS involvement. Six children (2.1%) developed secondar

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FD - Oncology and haematology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Časopis lékařů českých

ISSN

0008-7335

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Volume of the periodical

154

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

79-89

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