title: [Deletions of derivative chromosome 9 in 138 patients with chronic myeloid leukemia].
abstract: To investigate the frequency of derivative chromosome 9 [der (9)] deletions in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), karyotype analysis in 138 patients with CML was performed with R-banding technique, and dual fusion fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to detect der (9) deletion. The results showed that among 138 cases, 126 cases were Ph positive (91.3%) from which 122 cases were typical Ph translocation, 12 cases were Ph negative (8.7%). FISH detection revealed 23 with der (9) deletions out of 138 cases (16.7%), 20 out of 122 cases with typical Ph translocation showed typical Ph translocation (16.4%) and 3 out of 4 cases with variant Ph translocation had variant Ph translocation (75%). 20 cases were in chronic phase (CP) (17.2%), 3 cases were in blast crisis (BC) (17.6%), there was no significant difference in the frequency of the der (9) deletions between the cases in CP and in BC (p < 0.05). It is concluded that incidence of der (9) partial deletions in CML patients is 16.7%, FISH can effectively detect the der (9) deletions, and there is no correlation of der (9) deletion frequency between cases in different phases of CML.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Si-Xuan
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Hai-Rong
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Su-Jiang
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kou-Rong
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jian-Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D007621:Karyotyping; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D055815:Young Adult