Systematic Review of the Burden and Treatment Patterns of Adult and Adolescent Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in India: Comprehending the Challenges in an Emerging Economy.

This report describes the first systematic literature review of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) practice from India. The literature is scanty and heterogenous with varied institutional incidence rates, male preponderance, B-ALL predominance, and use of different modified non-contemporaneous regimens from developed countries, with reported outcomes of Complete remission (CR), Relapse, and Overall Survival (OS) as 46.7-91.4%, 24.3-57.1%, and 7-46 months, respectively.
Source: Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Original Study Source Type: research