What is the treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia found in children?
Treatment for ALL patients is individualized and will not be the same for every patient. Survival chances are highly individualized based on the progression of the disease, type and subtype of leukemia, the involvement of other organs such as the lymph nodes, spleen and liver, the treatment, age, cell counts, will to fight, and so many other factors. Once the patient is diagnosed he or she most likely started treatment within 48 hours. The treatment for ALL and AML is similar except for ALL treatment has an extra set of chemotherapy added onto the end. First, the patient will go through remission induction chemotherapy. This typically lasts 5-7 days and is usually on a 21 or 28 day rotation. It is 5-7 days of an intense round of chemotherapy in order to try to put the leukemia into remission – meaning that it appears that there is no disease left in the CBC after the round. The patient may have 1-3 rounds of this. My son had a secondary AML leukemia that was most likely caused by the c
