Immunophenotype of Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Clinical Parameters, and Outcome: An Analysis of a Prospective Trial Including 562 Tested Patients (LALA87)
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The aim of the multicentric trial LALA87 was to test the efficacy of different postremission therapies in adults (15 to 60 year olds) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). An immunologic subclassification based on surface marker expression was proposed. Among the 562 tested patients, 51 1 were assigned either to the B lineage (361 cases, 6 3 % ) or to the T lineage (150 cases, 26%). T-ALL were significantly associated with male sex, age less than 35 years, mediastinal mass, central nervous system involvement, high white blood cell count, and low anemia. In a univariate and multivariate analysis, T-cell leukemia had a more favorable outcome than Btell leukemia with respective median disease-free survivals (DFSs) of 28 and 14 months (P < .005). However, the type of postremission therapy modifies the value of the immunophenotype prognostic factor. In the che-
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