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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia as a second malignant neoplasm in a child with medulloblastoma
Kudret Cağlar1, Selma Unal, Ahmet Cetinkaya
1Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology Unit, Ankara, Turkey.
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
|September 10, 2003
Abstract:
Second malignant neoplasm in childhood is increasing due to advances in therapy modalities. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia as a second malignancy following the treatment of medulloblastoma is a very rare condition. A 13-year-old boy was diagnosed as acute lymphoblastic leukemia following radiotherapy and chemotherapy for treatment of medulloblastoma.