Onkologie. 2015:9(3):125-127

Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia

František Folber, Štěpán Hrabovský, Michael Doubek
Interní hematologická a onkologická klinika, Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity a Fakultní nemocnice Brno

Initial symptoms at diagnosis, essential diagnostic work-up procedures, current treatment guidelines and prognosis of adult acute lymphoblastic

leukemia are discussed in this review article. A separate section deals with several special subtypes of this disease and new

drugs or treatment approaches available recently or tested within ongoing clinical trials.

Keywords: acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adults, guidelines, treatment, haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Published: June 1, 2015  Show citation

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