Why do we immediately perform CNS staging with a LP at diagnosis of ALL when the risk of seeding is highest with a high lymphoblast count?

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Medical Oncology · Ohio State University James Cancer Center

We wait until circulating blasts are cleared from PB before doing LP.

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