Changes to this Summary (04/11/2013)

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Postinduction Treatment for Specific ALL Subgroups

Revised text to state that the pilot study showed a 5-year event-free survival rate of 73% for all patients receiving nelarabine and 69% for those patients with a slow early response (cited Dunsmore et al. as reference 10).

Added Ram et al. as reference 32.

Treatment of Recurrent Childhood ALL

Added Leung et al. as reference 54.

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