title: Long-term outcome of treatment with protocols AL841, AL851, and ALHR88 in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: results obtained by the Kyushu-Yamaguchi Children's Cancer Study Group.
abstract: We analyzed the long-term outcome and late effects of treatment in 187 patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) diagnosed between 1984 and 1990. Overall survival and event-free survival rates were 68.2% +/- 3.7% and 63.2% +/- 3.6% at 15 years, respectively. Of 55 patients who relapsed after achieving the first complete remission (CR), only 17.4% were rescued by salvage therapy. The advantage of stem cell transplantation over chemotherapy was observed only in those patients with bone marrow relapse during therapy. The SD for score height in patients maintaining the first CR significantly decreased at the time of final follow-up compared with that at diagnosis: 0.059 to -0.800 (P < .0001). The decrease was remarkable in patients younger than 5 years at diagnosis. Other late effects included mild liver dysfunction in 18% and hepatitis C virus infection in 9%. Congestive heart failure was observed in only 2.9% of patients despite the high cumulative dose of daunorubicin (450 mg/m2). Although the survival rates of patients on our protocols were comparable to those of other study groups, some modification, including reduction in dose of cranial irradiation and/or anticancer drugs, should be considered to reduce late adverse effects in survivors of childhood ALL.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Health, School of Health Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. matsuzaki@shs.kyushu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ishii
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagatoshi
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authors.lastname: Eguchi
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authors.lastname: Koga
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authors.lastname: Yanai
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authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inada
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authors.lastname: Nibu
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiyoshi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Take
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
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authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001215:Asparaginase / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016371:Cranial Irradiation / Q000009:adverse effects; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D012074:Remission Induction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D015996:Survival Rate; D017741:Survivors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D014750:Vincristine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011239:Prednisolone; D001215:Asparaginase; D008727:Methotrexate; D003630:Daunorubicin