Abstract
Minimal residual disease (MRD) diagnostics are implemented in most clinical protocols for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and are mostly performed using rearranged immunoglobulin (IG) and/or T-cell receptor (TR) gene rearrangements as molecular polymerase chain reaction targets. Unfortunately, in 5–10% of patients no or no sensitive IG/TR targets are available, and patients therefore cannot be stratified appropriately. In the present study, we used fusion genes and genomic deletions as alternative MRD targets in these patients, which retrospectively revealed appropriate MDR stratification in 79% of patients with no (sensitive) IG/TR target, and a different risk group stratification in more than half of the cases.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 888-892 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | British Journal of Haematology |
| Volume | 194 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We gratefully acknowledge the support and contribution of Željko Antić, Simon V. van Reijmersdal, Lionel Morgado, Alex Hoogkamer, Marjolein Bakker, and Hester de Groot. We thank Erik Splinter, Petra Klous, and Max van Min for supporting the TLA analyses. This project was supported by KIKA (grant 308).
Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the support and contribution of ?eljko Anti?, Simon V. van Reijmersdal, Lionel Morgado, Alex Hoogkamer, Marjolein Bakker, and Hester de Groot. We thank Erik Splinter, Petra Klous, and Max van Min for supporting the TLA analyses. This project was supported by KIKA (grant 308).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. British Journal of Haematology published by British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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