Understanding acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL)
Audiobook
Published:
01 Mar 2022
Next review:
01 Mar 2025
Edition:
14
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 What is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia?
- 4 Diagnosing ALL
- 5 Treating ALL
- 6 Chemotherapy treatment for ALL
- 7 Taking steroids during your treatment for ALL
- 8 Stem cell transplants to treat ALL
- 9 Targeted and immunotherapy drugs for ALL
- 10 Supportive care during treatment for ALL and follow up
- 11 Clinical trials for ALL
- 12 Possible long-term effects of treatment for ALL
- 13 Looking after yourself and finding ways to cope
- 14 Your feelings
- 15 Relationships
- 16 Talking to children about cancer
- 17 Financial help and benefits
- 18 Work
- 19 About our information
- 20 Other ways we can help you
- 21 Other organisations
- 22 Further resources
- 23 Can you do something to help
- 24 Information about this recording
Published:
01 Mar 2022
Next review:
01 Mar 2025
Edition:
14
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