Childhood Leukemia: The Changing Prognosis
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Practice
- Vol. 9 (7) , 59-68
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1974.11706829
Abstract
Through a series of meticulous studies testing various combinations of chemotherapy and irradiation to achieve cure, not palliation, a “Total Therapy” program appears to have raised the five-year leukemia-free survival rate to more than 30%. A key step was the introduction of cranial irradiation following achievement of complete remission, to prevent the C N S leukemia that has so often frustrated the gains accomplished by chemotherapy.Keywords
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