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Ph-positive ALL

Ph-positive ALL is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia carrying the Philadelphia chromosome. It was once the worst kind and is now often the best-controlled, thanks to TKIs and blinatumomab.

BCR::ABL1-positive B-ALL, ~25% of adult B-ALL and rising with age. TKI (dasatinib or ponatinib) plus reduced-intensity chemotherapy or steroids alone induces remission in nearly all; PhALLCON showed ponatinib beats imatinib for MRD-negative remission (34.4% vs 16.7%); D-ALBA showed a chemotherapy-free dasatinib-blinatumomab regimen with 95% 18-month survival. Whether transplant in first remission is still needed for MRD-negative patients is the open question.

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