Children and adolescents survival with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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acute lymphoblastic leukemia, survival, child, adolescent, pediatric hospital, secondary health care.

Abstract

A descriptive and retrospective study of 65 patients under 19 years assisted in the  Hematology Service of Dr. Antonio María Béguez Caesar Teaching Southern Pediatric  Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out in the period 2001-2005, but with continued  follow-up  to December, 2015, with the objective of describing some parameters related to the survival of this populational group, for which some variables of interest for  the individual medical records were analyzed.  The age group 1-4 years (43.1 %), male sex (55.4 %), morphological variant L1 (96.9 %) and early relapses prevailed in the series.  In general, the high survival was related to the use of modern treatments and comprehensive protocols; while the deaths took place mostly due to relapses and during the induction phase.  

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2019-06-11

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Fernández Villalón M, Pérez Medina Y, Urgellés Díaz D, Fernández Villalón M. Children and adolescents survival with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. MEDISAN [Internet]. 2019 Jun. 11 [cited 2025 Jun. 1];23(3):412-23. Available from: https://medisan.sld.cu/index.php/san/article/view/2326

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Vol. 23 No. 3 (2019): mayo-junio

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