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Supportive care in leukemia treatment

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The introduction of new cytostatic drugs and their clinical use in combination of radiotherapy and of bone marrow transplantation procedures have changed the clinical picture of leukemia. The prognosis for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has already improved considerably since 1960. Nowadays, a first complete remission is achieved in 85 to 95% of these children with two to four drug induction schemes [1, 2, 3].

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De Koning, J., Halie, M.R. (1985). Supportive care in leukemia treatment. In: Das, P.C., Sibinga, C.T.S., Halie, M.R. (eds) Supportive therapy in haematology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2577-2_20

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