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Peripheral blood response to multiagent induction therapy
Source: Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version, National Cancer Institute.
Source updated: April 21, 2025 · Captured 2026-09-09.
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Patients with persistent circulating leukemia cells at 7 to 10 days after the initiation of multiagent chemotherapy are at increased risk of relapse, compared with patients who have clearance of peripheral blasts within 1 week of therapy initiation.[149] Rate of clearance of peripheral blasts has been found to be of prognostic significance in both T-cell and B-lineage ALL.[149]
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