title: Clinical significance of acquired cytogenetic clones in patients with treated follicular lymphoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the second most common B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma worldwide. In most patients, the disease is diagnosed at advanced stages and cannot be cured using conventional therapeutic approaches. To assess the role of cytogenetic abnormalities in therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (tMNs), we studied the clinicopathologic and cytogenetic features of treated FL patients who subsequently developed a new acquired cytogenetic clone (ACC).
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-five treated FL patients developed new cytogenetic abnormalities from 2009 to 2012. Patients were divided into 3 groups based on the presence and absence of tMNs: group 1, ACC without tMNs after a median follow-up of 15 months; group 2, ACC with possible tMN after silent ACC detection; group 3, tMNs present at the first ACC detection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most frequent cytogenetic aberrations involved chromosome 7. Compared with group 1, group 3 had significantly greater size of ACC, higher frequency of chromosome 7 aberrations, more likely showed dysplasia, and lower platelet count (P = .03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results indicate that the presence of ACC alone is insufficient for diagnosis of tMNs. The proportion of cells with specific aberrations at first ACC, bone marrow dysplasia, and low platelet counts might predict outcome of ACC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UT Health Medical School, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Xiaohong I
authors.initials: XI
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: C Cameron
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Stem Cell Transplant, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Muzaffar H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Qazilbash
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Shimin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: gglu@mdanderson.org.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D008224:Lymphoma, Follicular / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Bone Marrow Dysplasia; Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH); Platelet Count; Silent Acquired Cytogenetic Clone; Therapy-Related Myeloid Neoplasm