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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
05/20/2017
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer and while cure rates are high, there is still a proportion of children that relapse and the disease is associated with long-term treatment-associated morbidity and mortality. In order to find better treatment approaches, researcher Adam de Smith, PhD is studying high hyperdiploidy (HeH) ALL, the most common cytogenic subtype, found in about one third of children with the disease.
