Corentin Orvain, Sylvain Chantepie, Xavier Thomas, Martine Escofrre-Barbe, Francoise Huguet, Yohan Desbrosses, Gaelle Guillerm, Madalina Uzunov, Thibaut Leguay, Sarah Barbieux, Norbert Vey, Patrice Chevallier, Jean-Valere Malfuson, Stephane Lepretre, Michael Baumann, Murat Aykut, Abdelaziz Chaib, Magalie Joris, Hacene Zerazhi, Georg Stussi, Jacques Chapiro, Celine Berthon, Caroline Bonmati, Eric Jourdan, Diana Carp, Amb Roise Marcais, Maria-Pilar Gallego-Hernanz, Iona Vaida, Karin Bilger, Alban Villate, Florence Pasquier, Yves Chalandon, Sebastien Maury, Veronique Lheritier, Norbert Ifrah, Herve Dombret, Nicolas Boissel, Mathilde Hunault-Berger
Whereas the prognosis of adult patients with Philadelphia-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has greatly improved since the advent of pediatric-inspired regimens, the impact of initial central nervous system (CNS) involvement has not been formerly reevaluated. We report herein the outcome of patients with initial CNS involvement included in the pediatric-inspired prospective randomized GRAALL-2005 study. Between 2006 and 2014, 784 adult patients (18-59 years old) with newly diagnosed Philadelphia-negative ALL were included of whom 55 (7%) had CNS involvement...
March 9, 2023: Haematologica