Publication:

Prognosis of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and intrachromosomal amplification of chromosome 21 (iAMP21) (2007)

Author(s): Moorman AV, Richards SM, Robinson HM, Strefford JC, Gibson BES, Kinsey SE, Eden TOB, Vora AJ, Mitchell CD, Harrison CJ

  • : Prognosis of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and intrachromosomal amplification of chromosome 21 (iAMP21)

Abstract: Patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and an intrachromosomal amplification of chromosome 21 (iAMP21) comprise a novel and distinct biological subgroup. We prospectively screened 1630 (84%) patients treated on the UK MRC ALL97 protocol for iAMP21 and herein present demographic, clinical, and survival data on the 28 (2%) children found to harbor this abnormality. They had a common or pre-B ALL immunophenotype, were significantly older (median 9 years vs 5 years), and had a lower white cell count (median 3.9 vs 12.4) compared with children without this abnormality. Notably, patients with iAMP21 had a significantly inferior event-free and overall survival at 5 years compared with other patients: 29% (95% confidence interval [CI], 13%-48%) versus 78% (95% CI, 76%-80%) and 71% (95% CI, 51%-84%) versus 87% (95% CI, 85%-88%), respectively. As a result of this 3-fold increase in relapse risk, newly diagnosed patients with iAMP21 recruited to the current UK MRC ALL2003 trial are being treated on the high-risk arm and are considered for bone marrow transplantation in first remission.

Notes: UK Medical Research Council (MRC)/National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Childhood Leukaemia Working Party (CLWP) Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't United States

  • Type of Article: Brief report
  • Short Title: Prognosis of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and intrachromosomal amplification of chromosome 21 (iAMP21)
  • Alternate Journal: Blood
  • Date: 09-11-2007
  • Journal: Blood
  • Volume: 109
  • Issue: 6
  • Pages: 2327-2330
  • Publication type: Article
  • Bibliographic status: Published

Keywords: Child Child, Preschool Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21/*genetics Cytogenetics Female Gene Amplification/*genetics Humans Infant Male Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/*genetics/*pathology Prognosis Survival Rate

Staff

Professor Anthony Moorman
Professor of Genetic Epidemiology