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- Title
Detection of dicentric chromosome (9;20) in paediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: prognostic significance.
- Authors
Letouzey, Mathilde; Penther, Dominique; Roche-Lestienne, Catherine; Nelken, Brigitte; Devoldère, Catherine; Vannier, Jean-Pierre; Schneider, Pascale
- Abstract
The dicentric chromosome (9;20) (dic(9;20)) is described in 2 % of childhood B-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is the most reliable method to identify dic(9;20) when compared with conventional cytogenetics. To define the prognostic importance of dic(9;20), we evaluated treatment response and patient survival. This was a retrospective study in three French university centres. Patients' clinical and laboratory characteristics and treatment response are described. Nine children with dic(9;20) have been identified since 1995. All patients had at least one poor prognostic feature either among the clinical features, the initial laboratory results or in the initial treatment response: central nervous system involvement (2/9), high median leucocyte count (≥50 G/L) (8/9) and poor response to prednisone (2/9). All patients were in complete cytological remission after induction therapy but only three had a good molecular response with minimal residual disease (MRD) <10. Five out of nine patients relapsed and two died, 4 and 12 months after diagnosis, respectively. The event-free survival rate in this population was 44 % (95 % confidence interval (CI) = 0.09-0.79) and overall survival 78 % (95 % CI = 0.51-1.05). In this population, dic(9;20) is associated with a relatively poor prognosis. Patients showing dic(9;20), whether this cytogenetic abnormality is associated with other poor prognostic factors or not, should be identified at the outset in order to be offered a more intensive treatment protocol.
- Subjects
LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemia prognosis; B cell lymphoma; CHROMOSOME analysis; DIAGNOSTIC use of fluorescence in situ hybridization; CYTOGENETICS; COMPARATIVE studies; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Annals of Hematology, 2015, Vol 94, Issue 2, p187
- ISSN
0939-5555
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00277-014-2204-z