Resultats therapeutiques des leucemies aigues lymphoblastiques de l'enfant en Tunisie [181 cas]

ABSTRACT

Average lifetime of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia [ALL] has increased considerably during the last decade. Most authors agree to report a recovery rate close to 50%. A retrospective study of 181 patients followed and treated in Tunisia, shows that we are, unfortunately, far from these recovery rates, given that we only obtain a 15% rate of longer than two years survival. Our bad therapeutic results are very probably related to the clinic, cytologic and immunologic profile, characteristic of the ALL. in Tunisia