PEDIATRICS Vol. 77 No. 5 May 1986, pp. 765-769
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Second or Subsequent Remission With a Disease-Free Survival of 5 Years or Longer in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia of Childhood: Results of a National Survey

Stanley Musgrave MD, MPH1, Joseph D. Dickerman MD1, and Vita J. Land MD1

1 From the Departments of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis

A national survey was conducted to determine the number of children with acute lymphocytic leukemia who have survived 5 years or longer in their second or subsequent remission. Seventy-two such patients were identified. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of these patients as well as their therapy are described. It is concluded that long-term second or subsequent remission may occur more frequently than previously appreciated.

Key Words: remission • acute lymphocytic leukemia

Submitted on July 29, 1985