title: New recurring cytogenetic abnormalities and association of blast cell karyotypes with prognosis in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a pediatric oncology group report of 343 cases.
abstract: To further define the cytogenetic differences between B-cell lineage (B-lineage) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and T-cell lineage ALL (T-ALL) and to determine the prognostic value of cytogenetics in childhood T-ALL, the blast cell karyotypes of 343 cases of pediatric T-ALL, the largest series reported to date, were evaluated. Cytogenetics were performed in a single central laboratory, and the children were treated using a single Pediatric Oncology Group protocol. Clear differences between the karyotypic characteristics of B-lineage ALL and T-ALL were confirmed. This study suggests that there may be survival differences associated with some T-ALL blast cell karyotypes. Better survival is associated with only normal karyotypes and with t(10;14) (translocation of chromosomes 10 and 14); worse survival is associated with the presence of any derivative chromosome. Two new recurring chromosome aberrations previously not reported in T-ALL were found: del(1)(p22) and t(8;12)(q13;p13). Ten aberrations found in this series, which were reported only once previously in T-ALL, can now be considered recurring abnormalities in T-ALL. All 12 of these new recurring aberrations are targets for discovery and characterization of new genes that are important in T-cell development and leukemogenesis.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shuster
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pullen
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Link
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Borowitz
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Camitta
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Amylon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000782:Aneuploidy; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002879:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10; D002883:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007621:Karyotyping; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014178:Translocation, Genetic