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UK researchers have a calculated a “time to cure” of around 6 years after diagnosis for children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), regardless of risk status. “Knowing when patients with ALL are cured will allow their timely transfer to clinics devoted to monitoring long-term morbidity rather than relapse and facilitates communication to patients and families”, say Ajay Vora (Great Ormond Street Hospital, London) and colleagues in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.