Young adults 16-21 years of age at diagnosis entered on childrens cancer group acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloblastic leukemia protocols. Results of treatment

Abstract

Young adults with ALL treated on CCG protocols have a 6-year EFS of approximately 60%. This is similar to the EFS for patients 10-15+ years of age at diagnosis treated on the same protocols and better than EFS results reported from most adult trials. Young adults with AML had a slightly inferior outcome compared with younger children.