Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)

All about acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), including symptoms and causes, tests to diagnose ALL, treatment including chemotherapy, intensive treatment (bone marrow or stem cell transplant) and current research. Living with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia covers coping with your diagnosis, diet after treatment, recovering from a transplant and how leukaemia and treatment may affect your sex life.

There are several other types of leukaemia, so please make sure you are in the right section. Go to our general leukaemia page if you are in any doubt.

What to ask your doctor about diagnosing ALL

You can also find acute leukaemia organisations providing help and support, a reading list and see where this information comes from.

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Press release: Cancer Research UK launches trial of new drug to treat acute childhood leukaemia: Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office has opened the first trial of a new type of drug to treat children aged from six months to 18 years with acute leukaemia, who are no longer responding to treatment.; 27 Jan 2012
News: Potential new way to treat childhood leukaemia identified: An international team of scientists has discovered a potential new treatment target for T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL), according to work published in Nature Genetics.; 5 Sep 2011
News: Scientists uncover basis for drug resistance in common childhood cancer: US scientists say they have worked out why acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) - the most common form of childhood cancer - can come back after treatment.; 20 May 2011