Patient's question:
My friend has recently been feeling unwell and sometimes loses consciousness, which is very difficult. After a thorough examination at the hospital, the diagnosis was acute leukemia, specifically acute lymphocytic leukemia. How should it be treated?Doctor's answer:
The general treatment principle for acute lymphoblastic leukemia is to eliminate as many leukemia cell populations as possible and suppress the massive fibrosis caused by leukemia cell infiltration, thereby alleviating various clinical manifestations induced by leukemia cell infiltration, with the aim of achieving complete remission. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a highly malignant disease caused by abnormal bone marrow proliferation. The main treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia is to provide symptomatic rescue, anti-infection, and blood correction drugs. Chemotherapy is the primary means of treating acute leukemia. Chemotherapy can be divided into two stages: induction relief therapy and post-remission therapy, during which advanced therapy, consolidation therapy, and central nervous system prophylactic therapy can be added.