Prognostic significance of peripheral blood S + G2/M phase size in adult acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemia.
Flow cytometric analysis of peripheral blood (PB) S + G2/M phase size was performed in 73 adult patients with untreated acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemia, to assess whether the results may correlate to response rate and patient prognosis. All patients were treated with the same induction chemotherapy regimen: ARA-C alone or in combination with an anthracycline antibiotic. Pretreatment PB S + G2/M phase size is significantly correlated to induction response rate (p less than 0.02), duration of response (p less than 0.02) and duration of survival. Patients with low PB S + G2/M phase size experience a longer survival, in patients over and below 50 yr (p less than 0.001). Lastly, early deaths tend to be more frequent in the high median age and high PB S + G2/M phase size group. Our study suggests that PB S + G2/M phase size has prognostic significance in obtaining response and duration of survival.
Guerci
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Service de médecine A, CHU de Brabois, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Pierrez
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Kohler
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Guerci
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007399:Interphase; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008938:Mitosis; D011379:Prognosis