Survival outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in India: a resource-limited perspective of more than 40 years.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol
; 33(6): 475-9, 2011 Aug.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21792045
ABSTRACT
The outcome of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia in India has been inferior to more than 80% cure rates in developed nations. This study was done to analyze the outcome of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in India over 4 decades. There has been a gradual improvement in survival rates of up to >70% in some centers along with a decline in relapse and mortality. However, these results cannot be generalized to the entire nation. There is a crying need to address treatment abandonment, take quality improvement, educational and financial initiatives; cooperative research into risk factors and disease biology, and the implementation of risk stratification along with the assessment of response to therapy.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pobreza
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Países em Desenvolvimento
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Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Humans
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article