RT Book, Section
A1 Marchese, Victoria Gocha
A1 Rock, Kelly
A2 Effgen, Susan K.
A2 Fiss, Alyssa LaForme
SR Print(0)
ID 1187762524
T1 Case Study: Pediatric Leukemia
T2 Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children, Third Edition
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB F. A. Davis Company
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803697287
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1187762524
RD 2024/04/24
AB In  2019,  in  the  United  States,  approximately  10,590  children  younger  than  15  years  of  age  were  estimated  to  be  diagnosed  with  cancer,  and  leukemia  accounted  for  approximately  one-third  of  these  childhood  cancer  cases  (American  Cancer  Society,  2019;  Ward,  DeSantis,  Robbins,  Kohler,  &  Jemal,  2014).  Acute  leukemia,  which  is  an  overproduction  of  immature  cells  (stem  cells),  is  classified  based  on  which  cells  in  the  bone  marrow  are  involved:  myeloid  cells  or  lymphocytes.  Acute  lymphoblastic  leukemia  (ALL)  accounts  for  approximately  80%  of  childhood  leukemias  and  26%  of  childhood  cancers  (Ward  et  al.,  2014).  There  is  a  peak  in  ALL  incidence  rates  between  ages  2  and  4  years.  For  children  diagnosed  with  ALL,  the  5-year  survival  is  90%  (Ward  et  al.,  2014).