title: The experience of the International Consortium on Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in monitoring minimal residual disease in acute promyelocytic leukaemia.
authors.affiliation: Haematology and Clinical Oncology Divisions, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.|Center for Cell Based Therapy, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.affiliation: Haematology and Clinical Oncology Divisions, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.|Center for Cell Based Therapy, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lucena-Araujo
authors.affiliation: Sabin Clinic Laboratory, Brasilia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Jácomo
authors.affiliation: Fundação de Hematologia e Hemoterapia de Pernambuco (HEMOPE), Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raul A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.affiliation: Haematology Service, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul University Hospital, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosane I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
authors.affiliation: Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Federal University of Parana University Hospital, Curitiba, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pasquini
authors.affiliation: Hemocentro, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Katia
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pagnano
authors.affiliation: Haematology Service, Federal University of Minas Gerais University Hospital, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Evandro M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fagundes
authors.affiliation: Haematology Division, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chauffaille
authors.affiliation: Haematology Service, Santa Casa Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chiattone
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe and Departament de Medicina, Universitat de València, Valencia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, and Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lo-Coco
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical & 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: Haematology and Clinical Oncology Divisions, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.|Center for Cell Based Therapy, Medical School of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo M
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1567-4086
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rego
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015473:Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D015996:Survival Rate
keywords: PML/RARA; acute leukaemia; acute promyelocytic leukaemia; minimal residual disease; quantitative PCR