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Health Encyclopedia: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment To Achieve Remission
- Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia - Treatment to Achieve Remission
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Treatment to Achieve Remission
The aim of induction therapy, the first treatment phase, is to reduce the number of leukemia cells to undetectable levels. The general guidelines for induction therapy are as follows:
- Patients are given intensive chemotherapy that uses powerful multi-drug regimens. (Infants require special regimens not discussed here.)
- For both children and adults, some of these therapies are administered orally, others intravenously.
- Hospitalization is usually necessary at some point ...
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