Self-reported adherence in ALL: true or false?

In this issue of Blood, following their seminal report on the risk of relapse associated with nonadherence to oral 6-mercaptopurine (6MP) during maintenance therapy for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), Landier et al here investigate whether patient self-report is a reliable measure of 6MP adherence.1

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