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A comprehensive evaluation of the prognostic significance of 13q deletions in patients with B‐chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
6 Nov 2009
Abstract excerpt
Deletion 13q14 on fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analysis is the most common cytogenetic abnormality in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), and is a favourable prognostic biomarker when detected as a sole abnormality. We intensively interrogated clinical outcome in 323 consecutive, untreated CLL patients with isolated 13q- identified within 2 years of diagnosis. We also analyzed outcome in 217...
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