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Dexamethasone and High-Dose Methotrexate in High-Risk B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia—Where Should We Go From Here?

2016/7/1
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The Children's Oncology Group study led by Larsen et al. showed that children and young adult patients with high-risk B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia benefit from receiving high-dose methotrexate during interim maintenance 1 and that those aged 1 to 9 years benefit from receiving dexamethasone for 14 days during induction.