Treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children: a review of literature

Abstract

The article tells about the main stages of improving treatment regimens for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children, from monotherapy with prednisolone and 6-mercaptopurine to novel multicomponent risk-adapted chemotherapy protocols. The focus is on evaluating risk factors which varied with the expansion of knowledge about the molecular biological profile of ALL. Only the detailed analysis of the clinical and immunobiological characteristics of ALL allowed to develop novel, highly effective treatment schemes leading to recovery in over 80% of patients.

Keywords

• острый лимфобластный лейкоз
• лечение
• дети
• acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• treatment
• children