How is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) treated?

How is acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) treated?

The most common treatment for ALL is long-term chemotherapy. Chemotherapy (chemo) is the use of drugs to destroy cancer cells. Immunotherapy and targeted therapy can also be combined with chemotherapy to make it more effective. Sometimes a bone marrow transplant follows chemo usually in ALL patients who are at high risk for future relapse. Since ALL doesn’t always form tumors, other common cancer treatments such as surgery and radiation therapy aren’t as effective.