Prospective outcome data on 267 unselected adult patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia confirms superiority of allogeneic transplantation over chemotherapy in the pre-imatinib era: results from the International ALL Trial MRC UKALLXII/ECOG2993.

Prospective data on the value of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) in Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph(+)) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are limited. The UKALLXII/ECOG 2993 study evaluated the outcome of assigning alloHSCT with a sibling (sib) or matched unrelate...

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Main Authors: Fielding, A, Rowe, J, Richards, S, Buck, G, Moorman, A, Durrant, I, Marks, D, McMillan, A, Litzow, MR, Lazarus, H, Foroni, L, Dewald, G, Franklin, I, Luger, S, Paietta, E, Wiernik, P, Tallman, MS, Goldstone, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009