Clinical characteristics and analysis of treatment result in children with Ph-positive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Poland between 2005 and 2017.

Joanna ZawitkowskaMonika LejmanAgnieszka Zaucha-PrażmoKatarzyna DrabkoMarcin PłonowskiJoanna BulsaMichał RomiszewskiAgnieszka Mizia-MalarzAndrzej KołtanKatarzyna DerwichGrażyna KarolczykTomasz OciepaMagdalena ĆwiklińskaJoanna TrelińskaJoanna Owoc-LempachMaciej NiedźwieckiAleksandra KiermaszJerzy Kowalczyk

Published in: European journal of haematology (2018)

Our study suggests that adding imatinib to intensive chemotherapy seems to improve outcome. However, this study was limited by a small number of patients and a variety of chemotherapy regimens with or without imatinib.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma
ejection fraction
young adults
liver failure
chronic myeloid leukemia
rectal cancer
mechanical ventilation