Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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. 

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Social impact

Link to the section of the Share4Rare book on pancreatic rare tumours - https://www.share4rare.org/library/pancreatic-rare-tumours/social-impact