Therapy of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood

Abstract

Clearly, the decade since 1970 has brought about considerable change in our understanding of ALL and its treatment. We have developed a base of new knowledge that should allow the development of treatment regimens for study in the coming decade based on the need to answer the questions that have arisen and solve the problems we currently face. While the challenges for this comming decade are indeed formidable, the opportunities to learn more about ALL and other forms of disseminated cancer are proportionately great. The coming decade should prove interesting and, hopefully, exciting and gratifying as well.