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We report the outcome for children and young people with Down syndrome-associated acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (DS-ALL) treated on a contemporary protocol. Compared with non-DS ALL, patients with DS-ALL had an inferior event-free survival (65·6% vs. 87·7% at 5 years; P < 0·00005) and overall survival (70·0% vs. 92·2%; P < 0·00005). Excess treatment-related mortality - was primarily responsible for the worse outcomes for DS-ALL (21·6% at 5 years, vs. 3·3%, P < 0·00005). Minimal residual disease (MRD) risk status was highly discriminant for relapse in DS patients with 0/28 relapses in the MRD low risk group.

Original publication

DOI

10.1111/bjh.12739

Type

Journal article

Journal

Br J Haematol

Publication Date

05/2014

Volume

165

Pages

552 - 555

Keywords

Down syndrome, lymphoblastic leukaemia, treatment, Adolescent, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Child, Child, Preschool, Chromosome Aberrations, Disease-Free Survival, Down Syndrome, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Infant, Infection, Male, Neoplasm, Residual, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, Recurrence, Risk Assessment, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult