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Outcome of Adolescents with Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaTreated by Pediatrics versus Adults Protocols

Research Authors
Abeer Ibrahim, Amany Ali,Mahmoud M. Mohammed
Research Member
Research Department
Research Year
2014
Research Journal
Advances in Hematology Volume 2014,
Research Publisher
Hindawi
Research Vol
Volume 2014, Article ID 697675, 7pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/697675
Research Rank
1
Research Abstract

Background. Several studies showed better outcome in adolescents and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with pediatrics protocols than similarly aged patients treated with adults protocols, while other studies showed similar outcome of both protocols. We conducted this study to compare the outcome of our pediatrics and adults therapeutic protocols in treatment
of adolescents ALL.

Patients and Methods. We retrospectively reviewed files of 86 consecutive adolescent ALL patients aged 15–18 years who attended to outpatients clinic from January 2003 to January 2010. 32 out of 86 were treated with pediatrics adopted
BFM 90 high risk protocol while 54 were treated with adults adopted BFM protocol.We analyzed the effect of different treatment
protocols on achieving complete remission (CR), disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS).

Results. The 2 patients groups have almost similar characteristics. The CR was significantly higher in pediatrics protocol 96% versus 89% (