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Clinical characteristics of patients with central nervous system relapse in BCR-ABL1-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia: the importance of characterizing ABL1 mutations in cerebrospinal fluid.
Annals of hematology - 1 Jul 2017
Sanchez Ricardo, Ayala Rosa, Alonso Rafael Alberto, Martínez María Pilar, Ribera Jordi, García Olga, Sanchez-Pina José, Mercadal Santiago, Montesinos Pau, Martino Rodrigo, Barba Pere, González-Campos José, Barrios Manuel, Lavilla Esperanza, Gil Cristina, Bernal Teresa, Escoda Lourdes, Abella Eugenia, Amigo Ma Luz, Moreno Ma José, Bravo Pilar, Guàrdia Ramón, Hernández-Rivas Jesús-María, García-Guiñón Antoni, Piernas Sonia, Ribera José-María, Martínez-López Joaquín
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the frequency, predictors, and evolution of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in patients with CNS relapse and introduced a novel method for studying BCR-ABL1 protein variants in cDNA from bone marrow (BM) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) blast cells. A total of 128 patients were analyzed in two PETHEMA clinical trials. All achieved complete remission after imatinib treatment. Of these, 30 (23%)...
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