title: Leukemia diagnosis: today and tomorrow.
abstract: The European LeukemiaNet (ELN) is composed of several work packages, four of them being directly involved in the various aspects of diagnosis. On the occasion of the annual ELN meeting of 2015 in Mannheim, these four work packages collectively examined the current situation and future prospects of cytomorphology, flow cytometry, cytogenetics, next-generation sequencing, and minimal residual disease detection in the context of leukemia diagnosis and follow-up. This document summarizes the outcome of this compendium.
authors.affiliation: Hematology Biology, University Hospital, Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Marie C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Béné
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grimwade
authors.affiliation: MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Haferlach
authors.affiliation: MLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haferlach
authors.affiliation: Hematology and Clinical Pathology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zini
mesh_terms: D020732:Cytogenetic Analysis / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual / Q000175:diagnosis