| DNA ploidy analysis as an adjunct for the detection of relapse in B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. | |
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PMID: 18203010 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Detection of relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is essential for proper management. However, immunophenotypic detection of relapse by flow cytometry in B-lineage ALL can be confounded by several factors, including lack of a unique immunophenotype and modulation of aberrant phenotypes after treatment. We hypothesized that flow cytometric DNA ploidy analysis may detect relapse in aneuploid ALL cases that might be missed by flow immunophenotyping. We retrospectively studied ALL cases at our institution between 1991 and 2003 (n = 114). Aneuploid populations were present at diagnosis in 32% of all patients. Sixty-five percent of all patients had "normal" leukemic immunophenotypes, defined as being similar to normal precursor B-cells, while 35% had "aberrant" immunophenotypes with myeloid or T antigen co-expression. In ALL cases that were originally aneuploid, follow-up ploidy-analysis detected relapsed disease in all cases which were also detected by flow immunophenotyping, suggesting that ploidy analysis is highly sensitive for detecting ALL relapse. However, in 5 cases in which the diagnosis of relapse could not be reliably made by flow immunophenotyping, ploidy analysis successfully detected aneuploid cells, i.e., relapse, in all five; these included 3 patients with normal and 2 with aberrant original immunophenotypes. These results suggest that it may be beneficial to perform ploidy analysis as an adjunct to flow immunophenotyping in following patients with B-lineage ALL who demonstrate aneuploidy at diagnosis. |
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Authors:
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Barton Kenney; Arthur Zieske; Henry Rinder; Brian Smith |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Leukemia & lymphoma Volume: 49 ISSN: 1029-2403 ISO Abbreviation: Leuk. Lymphoma Publication Date: 2008 Jan |
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Created Date: 2008-01-18 Completed Date: 2008-04-16 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9007422 Medline TA: Leuk Lymphoma Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 42-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8035, USA. |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Aneuploidy* B-Lymphocytes / pathology Child Child, Preschool Female Flow Cytometry Humans Immunophenotyping Infant Male Middle Aged Neoplasm, Residual / diagnosis* Ploidies Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / diagnosis* Recurrence Retrospective Studies |
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