The role of supine and prone positions on central nervous system involvement in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

نویسندگان

1 Hematology and Oncology Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

doi
10.18502/ijpho.v11i2.5841
چکیده

Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) affects both children and adults, with a peak incidence between the ages of 2 and 5 years. ALL cells sometimes penetrate the central nervous system (CNS) and patients with CNS diseases at initial presentation have been reported to experience a significantly greater risk of treatment failure compared with CNS ...