Survival Rates of Adults With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Low-Income Population: A Decade of Experience at a Single Institution in Mexico

Conclusion Adults with ALL in Mexico had high-risk characteristics and an increased relapse rate; however, the OS after CR was similar to the greatest achieved in developed countries, suggesting that a threshold for curing adult ALL with current therapeutic strategies has been reached. Micro-Abstract Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia has an elevated mortality rate, with little improvement in recent decades. We studied 94 patients treated over 10 years in a low-income population. Younger age, elevated high-risk disease, and a high relapse rate were documented. However, overall survival after complete remission was close to that in industrialized countries. The cure threshold with current treatment approaches has been reached.
Source: Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research