Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment – Health Professional Information [NCI]

Cancer in children and adolescents is rare, although the overall incidence of childhood cancer, including ALL, has been slowly increasing since 1975.[ 1] Dramatic improvements in survival have been achieved in children and adolescents with cancer.[ 1, 2, 3] Between 1975 and 2010, childhood cancer mortality decreased by…