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SUBMITTER: Short NJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321530 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cancer 20160810 24
<h4>Background</h4>The role of day 14 (D14) bone marrow (BM) assessment in detecting increased blasts in patients undergoing induction for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is not well defined.<h4>Methods</h4>This study evaluated 389 adolescent and adult patients with previously untreated Philadelphia chromosome-negative ALL who received frontline induction chemotherapy and for whom a D14 BM assessment was performed.<h4>Results</h4>A D14 BM blast proportion < 10% (including blast-free aplastic ...[more]