Response: chemotherapy versus allogeneic transplantation in adult patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first remission--not a time for dogma

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Vikas Gupta et al. Blood. 2013.

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. 2013 Jun 27;121(26):5255.

doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-05-498345.

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Allogeneic, but not autologous, hematopoietic cell transplantation improves survival only among younger adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in first remission: an individual patient data meta-analysis.
Gupta V, Richards S, Rowe J; Acute Leukemia Stem Cell Transplantation Trialists' Collaborative Group. Gupta V, et al. Blood. 2013 Jan 10;121(2):339-50. doi: 10.1182/blood-2012-07-445098. Epub 2012 Nov 19. Blood. 2013. PMID: 23165481 Free PMC article.
Young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with a pediatric-inspired regimen do not need a bone marrow transplant in first remission.
Isakoff MS, Freyer DR, Bleyer A. Isakoff MS, et al. Blood. 2013 Jun 27;121(26):5253-5. doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-03-484592. Blood. 2013. PMID: 23813939 No abstract available.