Patient description: A 39-year-old man came to the clinic with cough and shortness of breath that was not relieved by his inhaler. He had these symptoms for 5 days during the past 2 weeks. He doubled his oral corticosteroids in the past week. He is a chef with a history of asthma for 3 years, suffering from frequent cough, wheezing, and shortness of breath and chest tightness. The symptoms become more bothersome within 1-2 hours of starting work every day and worsen throughout the work week. His symptoms improve within 1-2 hours outside the workplace. Spirometry was performed revealing a forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1) of 63% of the predicted. His past medical history is significant for seasonal allergic rhinitis in the summer. He doesn't smoke or use illicit drugs. His family history is significant for asthma in his father and sister. He currently uses inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and fluticasone 500 mcg/salmeterol 50 mcg, one puff twice daily.

Clinical trial eligibility criteria: eligible ages (years): 1.0-24.0,  B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia B Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Central Nervous System Leukemia Mixed Phenotype Acute Leukemia Testicular Leukemia B-ALL and MPAL patients must be enrolled on APEC14B1 and consented to studies (Part A) prior to treatment and enrollment on AALL1732. Note that central confirmation of MPAL diagnosis must occur within 7 business days after enrollment for MPAL patients. If not performed within this time frame, patients will be taken off protocol APEC14B1 is not a requirement for B-LLy patients but for institutional compliance every patient should be offered participation in APEC14B1. B-LLy patients may directly enroll on AALL1732 White blood cell count (WBC) for patients with B-ALL (within 7 days prior to the start of protocol-directed systemic therapy) Age 1-9.99 years: WBC >= 50,000/uL Age 10-24.99 years: Any WBC Age 1-9.99 years: WBC < 50,000/uL with Testicular leukemia CNS leukemia (CNS3) Steroid pretreatment White blood cell count (WBC) for patients with MPAL (within 7 days prior to the start of protocol-directed systemic therapy)  Patients with Down syndrome are not eligible (patients with Down syndrome and B-ALL are eligible for AALL1731, regardless of NCI risk group) With the exception of steroid pretreatment or the administration of intrathecal cytarabine, patients must not have received any prior cytotoxic chemotherapy for the current diagnosis of B-ALL, MPAL, or B-LLy or for any cancer diagnosed prior to initiation of protocol therapy on AALL1732 Patients who have received > 72 hours of hydroxyurea within one week prior to start of systemic protocol therapy Patients with B-ALL or MPAL who do not have sufficient diagnostic bone marrow submitted for APEC14B1 testing and who do not have a peripheral blood sample submitted containing > 1,000/uL circulating leukemia cells Patients with acute undifferentiated leukemia (AUL) are not eligible For Murphy stage III/IV B-LLy patients, or stage I/II patients with steroid pretreatment, the following additional apply T-lymphoblastic lymphoma Morphologically unclassifiable lymphoma Absence of both B-cell and T-cell phenotype markers in a case submitted as lymphoblastic lymphoma