Haematologica (Sep 2012)

High curability via intensive reinduction chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation in young adults with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Sweden 2003–2007

  • Piotr Kozlowski,
  • Maria Åström,
  • Lucia Ahlberg,
  • Per Bernell,
  • Erik Hulegårdh,
  • Hans Hägglund,
  • Karin Karlsson,
  • Alicja Markuszewska-Kuczymska,
  • Beata Tomaszewska-Toporska,
  • Bengt Smedmyr,
  • Helene Hallböök

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3324/haematol.2011.057851
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 97, no. 9

Abstract

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Background A minority of patients with adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia who relapse are rescued. The aim of this population-based study was to assess the results of reinduction treatment and allogeneic stem cell transplantation in patients in second complete remission.Design and Methods Between 2003–2007, 76 adults (