title: Molecular diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia.
abstract: The diagnosis and classification of acute myeloid leukemia is multifaceted, requiring the integration of a variety of laboratory findings, with genetic approaches now firmly established as a central component. Molecular genetic technologies continue to evolve and provide additional tiers of both clarity and complexity. Many have rapidly moved into clinical laboratories; others remain as relevant discovery tools, while some are poised to take their place in diagnostic testing menus. Here, we attempt to synthesize the role of various testing modalities and exciting nascent fundamental discoveries, with a view as to how these might be integrated into the contemporary and future evaluation of this group of aggressive hematologic malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 7.103 Founders Pavilion, 3400 Spruce Street, PA 19104 4283, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Watt
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bagg
mesh_terms: D003582:Cytogenetics; D056915:DNA Copy Number Variations; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D007621:Karyotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide