Karyotype changes during long-term targeted therapy of chronic myeloid leukemia with imatinib.
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Karyotype changes during long-term targeted therapy of chronic myeloid leukemia with imatinib.
Leuk Lymphoma. 2009 Jun;50(6):952-65
Authors: Pieńkowska-Grela B, Rygier J, Woroniecka R, Grygalewicz B, Pastwińska A, Krawczyk P, Ceglerek B, Seferyńska I, Sikorska A, Konopka L
The main risk factors during imatinib therapy of chronic myeloid leukemia are still subject to discussion. A group of 39 patients was cytogenetically examined and monitored before and during long-term treatment with imatinib. The cytogenetic response was investigated using karyotype analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridisation method. Different therapy effects were shown for three subgroups distinguished before the start of treatment: patients with the sole translocation t(9;22) with a typical pattern of BCR/ABL fusion vs. patients with submicroscopic deletion in the fusion region ABL/BCR of the sole t(9;22) vs. patients with aberrations additional to t(9;22) and without submicroscopic deletion. Of the two group with sole t(9;22) the group with deletion in the ABL/BCL region suffered a poorer treatment outcome than the group without deletion. The risk of progression of cytogenetic changes in group with deletion was more than nine times higher than in patients with sole t(9;22) without deletion (statistically significant).
PMID: 19479611 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]