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@Brianna17

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on: Jun 25, 2018
Define the phases and purposes of chemotherapy for ALL.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Summarize and explain why patients develop the clinical signs and symptoms oberserved in patients with ALL.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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nathang24

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Chemotherapy for ALL is divided into several phases:
 Induction therapy phase: Reduce the disease to complete remission (i.e., eradicating the leukemic blast population).
 CNS prophylactic phase: Prevent CNS leukemia in young children. The two potential modes of treatment in the CNS prophylactic phase are cranium irradiation and/or intrathecal chemotherapy.
 Maintenance chemotherapy (cytoreductive therapy or remission consolidation therapy): Eradicate any remaining leukemic cells.

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Answer: The excessive proliferation of abnormal blasts that are present causes a crowding-out effect of normal hematopoietic cells. This leads to the following: frequent infections (because of low WBCs produced), fatigue, pallor, shortness of breath (from decreased RBCs produced), and bleeding and bruising symptoms (caused by decreased platelets produced).


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Reply 2 on: Jun 25, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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