Bone marrow transplantation is the standard treatment for which childhood cancer?
a. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
b. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
c. Wilms' tumor
d. Acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML)
D
Bone marrow transplantation is currently the standard treatment for children in their first remission with AML. The standard treatment for ALL is combination chemotherapy. The standard treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is chemotherapy. Bone marrow transplantation is used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiation. The treatment for Wilms' tumor consists of surgery and chemotherapy alone or in combination with radiation therapy.
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