Survival increases in infantile acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Authors

  • Tamara Cedré Hernández Hospital Pediátrico “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Liliana Martínez Cárdenas Hospital Pediátrico “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Marta B. García Caraballoso Hospital Pediátrico “José Luis Miranda”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia-lymphoma

Abstract

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia represents 80% of all the cases of infantile leukaemias and it is one of the first malignant disease in those that therapeutic clinical studies have been made to great scale. With the improvement of the therapeutic outlines the prognosis of the children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia has improved considerably in the last four decades, with rates of survival to the five years higher than 80%. The achievements in the “José Luis Miranda” Pediatric Hospital in Villa Clara is located at the level of national and internationally informed, with 84% of survival at five years and 16.5% of relapses; they are also informed late adverse effects.

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Cedré Hernández T, Martínez Cárdenas L, García Caraballoso MB. Survival increases in infantile acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 1 [cited 2025 Jul. 3];8(1):103-6. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/51

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2014): January-March

Section

Comunications

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