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Clinically silent clonal cytogenetic abnormalities arising in patients treated for lymphoid neoplasms

  • Guilin Tang
  • , Sa A. Wang
  • , Victoria Lu
  • , Hans Chulhee Lee
  • , Muzaffar H. Qazilbash
  • , Xiaohong I. Wang
  • , C. Cameron Yin
  • , Robert Orlowski
  • , Yaping Wang
  • , Ankita Patel
  • , L. Jeffrey Medeiros
  • , Gary Lu

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Abstract

Newly emerged clonal cytogenetic abnormalities (CCA) in patients with prior cytotoxic therapy are highly concerning for therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN). In some patients, however, CCA appeared to be clinically "silent". In this study, we describe 25 patients who developed CCA after they received cytotoxic therapies for lymphoid neoplasms but never developed t-MN. These clinically "silent" CCA were always present as single abnormalities, often detected in a small subset of cells, and tended to disappear over time. We conclude that the occurrence of CCA is not always associated with t-MN. Clinical correlation is essential to guide a proper management of these patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)896-900
Number of pages5
JournalLeukemia Research
Volume38
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Bone marrow
  • Clonal cytogenetic abnormalities
  • Cytotoxic therapy
  • Silent
  • Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms

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