Date of Award
2002
Document Type
Research Paper
First Advisor
Clifton Morris
Abstract
Mary Jones, age 7, has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Prior to this decade, the chances of her reachering her 17th birthday would have been nonexistent. But, with the advent of various modern treatments, doctors would have been able to increase the survival rates of children affected with cancer. Now the survival rate is around 80%. As hopeful as these treatments are, the medical world is still unable to determine why children are affected with cancer and what is going on. The most common pediatric cancer is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. I am interested in two things about this psrticular cancer, which are: "What mechanism underlies these treatments that can arrive at the same cure?” and "On what basis do doctors select the mode of treatment?”
Recommended Citation
Cosby-Wambaugh, V. (2002). The Number One Childhood Cancer: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia-- its Treatment Protocol. Retrieved from https://poetcommons.whittier.edu/scholars/383