title: Therapy of acute lymphoid leukemia in children.
abstract: The cure rate of childhood acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) has improved in the past 20 years due to improved treatment of T cell ALL, better infection control and availability of blood components, and more experience. Several these are proposed as treatment guidelines.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
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authors.lastname: Pinkel
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous