Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is blood and marrow cancer originating from different hematopoietic progenitor cells or stem cells. It often affects children. Adults can also be affected. The onset is often acute and the disease develops rapidly. Fever, bleeding, anemia, bone pain and joint pain are the first symptoms. Chemotherapy is the first choice of treatment. For recurrent cases, the treatment of choice is high-dose chemotherapy followed by bone marrow transplantation.
How is Acute lymphocytic leukemia treated in practice?