Emmerdale - Cancer Research UK
Induction treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
The aim of induction is to get rid of as many leukaemia cells as possible. It's also called remission induction. In remission means there is no sign of the leukaemia in your child’s blood or bone marrow when looked at with a microscope.
Induction treatment takes around 4 weeks. Your child is usually in hospital for the first week or two so the nurses and doctors can monitor them closely for any side effects. You can stay with them on the ward. If they are well enough they can go home and then return to the hospital for the rest of their induction treatment on the daycare unit.
Exactly what type of induction treatment your child has depends on a number of things, these include:
their age
if they have T cell or B cell leukaemia
if there are any genetic changes inside the leukaemia cells
the amount of leukaemia in the blood
how the leukaemia is responding to treatment
if they have Down syndrome
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