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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(01): 99-101
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_16_19
Letter to Editor

B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a Follow-up Case of Breast Cancer

Arun Garg
Department of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Ajay Gogia
Department of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Saumyaranjan Mallick
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Ritu Gupta
Department of Laboratory Oncology, Dr. B.R.A.IRCH, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Sir,

Therapy-related leukemias are a well-known complication of the treatment of solid or hematological malignancies. Among solid malignancies, breast cancer is the most common cause of therapy-related leukemias. Therapy-related leukemias usually present within 5–7 years of the primary treatment. The majority of these leukemias are of the myeloid lineage, but therapy-related acute lymphoblastic leukemia (t-ALL) has been rarely described. Because of the rarity, the clinical and molecular markers have been poorly described in t-ALL. Hence, we report a case of B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) developing in a patient of carcinoma breast on follow-up.



Publication History

Received: 23 January 2019

Accepted: 06 October 2019

Article published online:
23 May 2021

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