Chemotherapy-Free Achievement of Minimal Residual Disease in a Jehovah’s Witness Patient With Ph-Negative B-ALL

Sarina Koilpillai; Rida Altaf; Alejandro El Barche Palmera; Hatem Hassanein; Stephen J. Carlan

doi:10.12659/AJCR.950606

31 January 2026 : Case report USA

Chemotherapy-Free Achievement of Minimal Residual Disease in a Jehovah’s Witness Patient With Ph-Negative B-ALL

Unusual clinical course, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons

Sarina Koilpillai^{ABCDEF 1}, Rida Altaf^{BDEF 2}, Alejandro El Barche Palmera^{ADE 1}, Hatem Hassanein^{BCE 3}, Stephen J. Carlan

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DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.950606

Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e950606

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Figure 2 Top) Bone marrow biopsy showing normocellular marrow without morphological evidence of residual leukemia. Bottom) Bone marrow biopsy PAX5 stain showing negativity in B-cell lymphoblasts. PAX5 – paired box gene 5.

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