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| Date: | 27 February 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutions: | Medicine > Institut für Funktionelle Genomik > Lehrstuhl für Statistische Bioinformatik (Prof. Spang) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Keywords: | Bone Marrow Neoplasms, diagnosis/genetics/mortality; Child; DNA, Neoplasm, genetics; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gene Deletion; Humans; Ikaros Transcription Factor, genetics; Male; Mutation, genetics; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, diagnosis/genetics/mortality; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, genetics/mortality/pathology; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Survival Rate; Tumor Markers, Biological, genetics; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, genetics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 500 Science > 500 Natural sciences & mathematics 500 Science > 570 Life sciences 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg: | Partially | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID: | 30572 |
Abstract
Despite risk-adapted treatment, survival of children with relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remains poor compared with that of patients with initial diagnosis of ALL. Leukemia-associated genetic alterations may provide novel prognostic factors to refine present relapse treatment strategies. Therefore, we investigated the clinical relevance of 13 recurrent genetic alterations in 204 ...
Abstract
Despite risk-adapted treatment, survival of children with relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) remains poor compared with that of patients with initial diagnosis of ALL. Leukemia-associated genetic alterations may provide novel prognostic factors to refine present relapse treatment strategies. Therefore, we investigated the clinical relevance of 13 recurrent genetic alterations in 204 children treated uniformly for relapsed B-cell precursor ALL according to the ALL-REZ BFM 2002 protocol. The most common alterations were deletions of CDKN2A/2B, IKZF1, PAX5, ETV6, fusion of ETV6-RUNX1 and deletions and/or mutations of TP53. Multivariate analysis identified IKZF1 deletion and TP53 alteration as independent predictors of inferior outcome (P=0.002 and P=0.001). Next, we investigated how both alterations can improve the established risk stratification in relapsed ALL. Intermediate-risk relapse patients with low minimal residual disease are currently considered to have a good prognosis. In this group, deletion of IKZF1 and alteration of TP53 identify patients with significantly inferior outcome (P<0.001). In high-risk relapse patients, deletion of IKZF1 is strongly predictive of a second relapse after stem cell transplantation (P<0.001). We conclude that IKZF1 and TP53 represent relevant prognostic factors that should be considered in future risk assessment of children with relapsed ALL to indicate treatment intensification or intervention.
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