Journal of Education, Health and Sport (Aug 2019)

Multiple complications of the induction phase chemotherapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

  • Dorota Jedlińska,
  • Marcelina Kaleta,
  • Joanna Zawitkowska,
  • Andrzej Kościuk,
  • Monika Lejman,
  • Agnieszka Zaucha-Prażmo,
  • Katarzyna Drabko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3371094
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 8
pp. 121 – 126

Abstract

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Chemotherapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) despite of high efficiency often leads to many different complications, what bring consequences like therapy failure, death, breaks in chemotherapy, elongate hospitalization. We reported case old 6-year-old girl treated with ALL, who experienced many, severe complications of chemotherapy during the induction phase of treatment.

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