RELAPSE RATE AFTER CESSATION OF THERAPY IN CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 69 (5) , 663-666
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1980.tb07340.x
Abstract
Children [227] from the Nordic countries who had their antileukemic therapy stopped before Jan. 1979 were surveyed. The children were in remission when therapy was discontinued. So far 64 (23.1%) have relapsed. CNS and testicular leukemia have been a problem but CNS-prophylaxis has been in common use in the Nordic countries only since 1972-1973. Most of the patients relapsed during the 1st yr after stopping therapy; no patient relapsed later than 4 yr after cessation of therapy.Keywords
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