Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Where are we going and how do we get there?

Blood

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1165-1174

  Pui, Ching Hon ^a,b   Mullighan, Charles G ^a   Evans, William E ^a,b   Relling, Mary V ^a,b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; ASPARAGINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; DASATINIB; DAUNORUBICIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FOLINIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IMATINIB; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 2; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; NILOTINIB; NUCLEOSIDE ANALOG; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN CRLF2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RUXOLITINIB; TIOGUANINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PANCREATITIS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865168175     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2012-05-378943     Document Type: Review

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