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Prognostic significance of sex in childhood B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study

Published inJournal of clinical oncology, vol. 16, no. 8, p. 2854-2863
Publication date1998
Abstract

In childhood B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), possible interactions among sex, time, and widely used prognostic factors (age, WBC count, and DNA index) were investigated for the first 5 years after diagnosis.

Keywords
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • DNA, Neoplasm/analysis
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Male
  • Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/mortality/pathology/therapy
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/mortality/pathology/therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Remission Induction
  • Sex Factors
Citation (ISO format)
SHUSTER, J J et al. Prognostic significance of sex in childhood B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group Study. In: Journal of clinical oncology, 1998, vol. 16, n° 8, p. 2854–2863. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.8.2854
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