History of the treatment of childhood ALL: A paradigm for cancer cure

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Haematology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 353-359

  Simone, Joseph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Childhood cancer; Leukemia therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARAGINASE; CORTISONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; IMATINIB; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33644560026     PISSN: 15216926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beha.2005.11.003     Document Type: Review

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