of the outcome of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children Terzah M Horton. MD, PhD"Prognosis of ALL: The survival rate has improved from zero, four decades ago to 20-75 percent currently, largely due to clinical trials on new chemotherapeutic agents and improvements in stem cell transplantation (SCT) technology. New drugs, and matching treatment to the genetic characteristics of the blast cells, may improve those rates."- http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_lymphohlastic_leukemia;">