Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Follow-up and adverse effects
Treatments used to treat ALL (chemotherapy and radiation therapy, for example) may cause adverse effects during the treatment and some years later.
Acute adverse effects during treatment
- Lysis syndrome (a metabolic complication caused when dead cancer cells release their contents into the bloodstream).
- Thrombosis (formation of blood clots), bleeding.
- Infection.
- Other like mucositis (issue swelling in the mouth), pancreatitis (pancreas inflammation) and hyperglycemia (high blood sugar).
Late adverse effects after treatment
- This effects depends on the treatment and age of the child when the treatment starts.
- Toxicity of the treatments will require the right time before having regular values in the haemogram.
- Includes fertility problems, heart and kidney problems, impaired growth and a higher risk of developing a second cancer.

Check further resources and websites for more information on this:
UK Cancer Research |
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Follow up and late effects of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) |
UK Cancer Research |
NHS |
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UK Cancer Research |
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UK Cancer Research |
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UK Cancer Research |
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ASCO |
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ASCO |
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ASCO |
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National Cancer Institute |
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Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®)–Patient Version |
National Cancer Institute |
American cancer Society |
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Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |
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Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |
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Leukemia and Lymphoma Society |
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AEAL |
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KIDS HEALTH from Nemours |
Social impact
Link to the section of the Share4Rare book on pancreatic rare tumours - https://www.share4rare.org/library/pancreatic-rare-tumours/social-impact