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545 leukaemic patients have been diagnosed by the Leukaemia Study Group since 1971. Retrospective analysis of the initial morphological picture in ALL indicated a poorer prognosis for patients with acute undifferentiated leukaemia /L2 in the FAB classification/. Patients with poor initial prognostic criteria /high WBC, mediast. mass. etc/ are treated more vigorously since 1975. However, survival results in this group are still far from being satisfactory. Overall results for ALL patients show a steady improvement. Interestingly, there was a considerable difference between various leukaemia centres in the country as far as their treatment results are concerned, in spite of uniform protocols. Currently a randomised trial is on the way to assess two different maintenance schemes following uniform remission induction regimens. Survival data are analysed using the MRC computer program.
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Révész, T., Schuler, D., Keleti, J. et al. 11 DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT IN CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA. Pediatr Res 13, 950 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197908000-00027
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197908000-00027