The information in the acute lymphoblastic leukaemia information centre is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, which has been produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:

• Improving Outcomes in Haematological Cancers – The Manual. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). October 2003
• Wintrobe’s Clinical Haematology (11th edition). Lee R G et al. Williams and Wilkins. 2004.
• UKALL XII trial protocol. MRC and ECOG – E2993. 2002.
• Essential Haematology (4th edition). Hoffbrand A V and Pettit J E. Blackwell Scientific Publications. 2001.
• ABC of Clinical Haematology. Provan D. BMJ Books. 2003.
• Guideline on the use of Colony Stimulating Factors in Haematological Malignancies. British Committee for Standards in Haematology 2003.
• Leukaemia section of US National Cancer Institute website: www.nci.nih.gov

Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section of the website.