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In vitro cellular drug resistance adds prognostic information to other known risk-factors in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Gudmar Lönnerholm, Ingrid Thörn, Christer Sundström, Britt-Marie Frost, Trond Flaegstad, Mats Heyman, Olafur Gisli Jonsson, Arja Harila-Saari, Hans O Madsen, Anna Porwit, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Stefan Söderhäll, Finn Wesenberg, Kim Vettenranta, Rolf Larsson, Erik Forestier

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Abstract

Leukemic cells from 230 children with newly diagnosed B-cell precursor ALL were tested for in vitro drug resistance to a panel of anti-cancer drugs. Minimal residual disease (MRD) was measured by RQ-PCR. During follow-up, 24 relapses occurred in the 159 children with MRD
Original languageEnglish
JournalLeukemia Research
Volume35
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)472-8
Number of pages7
ISSN0261-474X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Bone Marrow Cells
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Doxorubicin
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Neoplasm, Residual
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
  • Prednisolone
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Vincristine

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