Equivalence of BCR-ABL transcript levels with complete cytogenetic remission in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase |
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Authors: | Michael Lauseker Benjamin Hanfstein Claudia Haferlach Susanne Schnittger Markus Pfirrmann Alice Fabarius Brigitte Schlegelberger Susanne Saußele Christian T. Dietz Philipp Erben Rüdiger Hehlmann Joerg Hasford Andreas Hochhaus Martin C. Müller |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t, Munich, Germany 2. III. Medizinische Universit?tsklinik, Medizinische Fakult?t Mannheim der Universit?t Heidelberg, Pettenkoferstr. 22, 68169, Mannheim, Germany 3. MLL Münchner Leuk?mielabor, Munich, Germany 4. Institut für Zell- und Molekularpathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany 5. Abteilung für H?matologie/Onkologie, Klinik für Innere Medizin II, Universit?tsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
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Abstract: | Purpose Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients are monitored by both cytogenetic and molecular assessments, although present guidelines appear to switch from cytogenetic to molecular criteria. Due to the increasing use of molecular measurements, it was the aim of this work to identify a BCR-ABL level according to the international scale (BCR-ABLIS) as an equivalent substitute for complete cytogenetic remission (CCyR). Methods In total, 1,329 paired data from 557 patients of the German CML-Study IV were evaluated. The data set was divided into a learning set and a validation set. The best cutoff was determined applying a minimal p value approach to the Fisher test. Results In the learning set, we found BCR-ABLIS values between 0.2 and 1.1 % were well suited for predicting a CCyR. In the validation set, the cutoff level of 1 % led to a mean concordance rate of 90.1 %. Conclusions Our results suggest that there is no one-to-one cutoff for BCR-ABLIS representing CCyR, but we advise to use the 1 % BCR-ABLIS in order to avoid misclassification of CCyR patients. |
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