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Lookup NU author(s): Professor Anthony MoormanORCiD, Professor Christine Harrison FRCPath FMedSci
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Patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and an intrachromosomal amplification of chromosome 21 (iAMP21) comprise a novel and distinct biological subgroup. We prospectively screened 1630 (84%) patients treated on the UK MRC ALL97 protocol for iAMP21 and herein present demographic, clinical, and survival data on the 28 (2%) children found to harbor this abnormality. They had a common or pre-B ALL immunophenotype, were significantly older (median 9 years vs 5 years), and had a lower white cell count (median 3.9 vs 12.4) compared with children without this abnormality. Notably, patients with iAMP21 had a significantly inferior event-free and overall survival at 5 years compared with other patients: 29% (95% confidence interval [CI], 13%-48%) versus 78% (95% CI, 76%-80%) and 71% (95% CI, 51%-84%) versus 87% (95% CI, 85%-88%), respectively. As a result of this 3-fold increase in relapse risk, newly diagnosed patients with iAMP21 recruited to the current UK MRC ALL2003 trial are being treated on the high-risk arm and are considered for bone marrow transplantation in first remission.
Author(s): Moorman AV, Richards SM, Robinson HM, Strefford JC, Gibson BES, Kinsey SE, Eden TOB, Vora AJ, Mitchell CD, Harrison CJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Blood
Year: 2007
Volume: 109
Issue: 6
Pages: 2327-2330
ISSN (print): 0006-4971
ISSN (electronic): 1528-0020
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2006-08-040436
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-08-040436
Notes: UK Medical Research Council (MRC)/National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Childhood Leukaemia Working Party (CLWP) Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't United States
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