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Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia following gastric adenocarcinoma treated by surgery alone evidence for etiologic heterogeneity of “secondary” leukemias

  • Alexander Haubenstock
  • , Ralph Zalusky
  • , Stephanie Seremetis
  • , Hyon Ju Kim
  • , Stephen C. Malamud
  • , Mary Ann Perle
  • , Joseph H. Pipala
  • , David H. Witt

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Abstract

The case of a 36‐year‐old Hispanic man who developed acute nonlymphocytic leukemia 18 months following gastric adenocarcinoma treated by surgery alone is presented. Cytogenetic analysis of the leukemic cells revealed numerical and structural chromosomal rearrangements including chromosomes 5 and 7 and immunologic characterization of the blasts revealed terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase positivity with monocytoid features. This report suggests that not all cases of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia following chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy, which characteristically display similar cytogenetic and immunologic features, should be exclusively ascribed to the leukemogenic properties of anticancer treatment. Cancer 56: 2069‐2073, 1985.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2069-2073
Number of pages5
JournalCancer
Volume56
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Oct 1985
Externally publishedYes

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