Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Infants: A Decade of Experimence in the Czech Republic
Title in English | Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Infants: A Decade of Experimernce in the Czech Republic |
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Authors | |
Year of publication | 2000 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Medical and pediatric oncology |
MU Faculty or unit | |
Citation | |
Field | Paediatry |
Keywords | All; infants with ALL; 11q23/MLL; childhood cancer |
Description | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in infants is a rare disease. Particularly babies under 6 months of age and those with a t(4,11) have a poor prognosis early treatment failure being the rule. Here we report on the outcome of 28 infants with ALL treated in 1986-1995 by members of the Czech Pediatric Hematology Working Group. |