TEN CASES OF SO‐CALLED LONG SURVIVAL IN CHlLDREN WITH ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA

Armata, J. Cyklis, R. and Wyszkowski, J. (Institute of Paediatrics, Medical Academy in Cracow, Cracow, Poland). Ten cases of so‐called long survival in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Acta Paediatr Scand 63: 369, 1974.–Ten cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia are presented, in children all of whom survived more than 4 years. WBC and blast cell counts were registrered at low levels at the onset of the disease and at subsequent bone marrow relapses. Extramedullary leukemia occurred after 2 years (average) in bone marrow remission, which did not predict early bone marrow relapse. From 1962 to 1970 three treatment regimens for acute leukemia were compared; the best results depended on the intensity of treatment during the first remission.