New research from the UAB Department of Pediatrics (Drs. Smita Bhatia and Wendy Landier) suggests that young patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and their parents are likely to report to their physician that they took more of their anti-cancer medication than they actually did. The study was published online this week in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology.

“Because this therapy is administered orally every day, we cannot supervise our patients to make sure they are taking their pills,” said senior study author Smita Bhatia, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatric Hematology & Oncology.  “Findings from this study suggest that we need better ways to monitor intake of medications as prescribed.”

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