Outcome and prognostic factors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children at the National Cancer Institute, Egypt.

Objective: To improve survival of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the authors' institute and to define significant prognostic factors.

Methods: This study included 154 children with newly diagnosed ALL below the age of 18 years during the period August 1, 1998, to December 31, 2000. All patients were treated according to the NCI, Cairo, Egypt, treatment protocol modified from study XIII for high-risk ALL of St.