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OBJECTIVE: To map the current testing being undertaken following pregnancy loss across the UK and to examine the clinical utility in terms of identifying a cause for the loss and in identifying couples at risk of an unbalanced liveborn child. DESIGN: Retrospective audit. SETTING: UK, for the year 2014. POPULATION: An audit of 6465 referrals for genetic testing of tissue samples following pregnancy loss. METHODS: Data were obtained by questionnaire from 15 UK regional genetics laboratories. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Data were analysed with respect to gestational age, the presence of identified fetal anomalies, methodologies used, abnormality rates and the presence of a parental balanced rearrangement. RESULTS: Of 6465 referrals a genetic cause was identified in 22% of cases (before 12 weeks' gestation, in 47%; at 12-24 weeks, in 14%; after 24 weeks, in 6%). In 0.4% of cases a balanced parental rearrangement was identified where there was a risk of an affected liveborn child in a future pregnancy. Eighty percent of genetic imbalances identified were aneuploidy or triploidy and could be identified by quantitative fluorescence polymerase chain reaction alone. There was significant variation across the UK in acceptance criteria, testing strategies and thus level of resolution of testing. CONCLUSIONS: Genetic testing of tissues following pregnancy loss identifies a probable cause of fetal demise in 22% of cases, but it is of low clinical utility in identifying couples at risk of a future unbalanced liveborn child. A comprehensive multidisciplinary review is needed to develop proposals for an affordable and equitable service. TWEETABLE ABSTRACT: UK audit of genetic testing of fetal loss shows variation in access to and resolution of analysis.
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Aborto Espontâneo/genética , Testes Genéticos/métodos , Aborto Espontâneo/patologia , Aneuploidia , Aberrações Cromossômicas , Transtornos Cromossômicos/diagnóstico , Transtornos Cromossômicos/genética , Feminino , Feto/patologia , Humanos , Auditoria Médica , Gravidez , Estudos Retrospectivos , Inquéritos e Questionários , Reino UnidoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: The prognostic impact of segmental chromosome alterations (SCAs) in children older than 1 year, diagnosed with localised unresectable neuroblastoma (NB) without MYCN amplification enrolled in the European Unresectable Neuroblastoma (EUNB) protocol is still to be clarified, while, for other group of patients, the presence of SCAs is associated with poor prognosis. METHODS: To understand the role of SCAs we performed multilocus/pangenomic analysis of 98 tumour samples from patients enrolled in the EUNB protocol. RESULTS: Age at diagnosis was categorised into two groups using 18 months as the age cutoff. Significant difference in the presence of SCAs was seen in tumours of patients between 12 and 18 months and over 18 months of age at diagnosis, respectively (P=0.04). A significant correlation (P=0.03) was observed between number of SCAs per tumour and age. Event-free (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were calculated in both age groups, according to both the presence and number of SCAs. In older patients, a poorer survival was associated with the presence of SCAs (EFS=46% vs 75%, P=0.023; OS=66.8% vs 100%, P=0.003). Moreover, OS of older patients inversely correlated with number of SCAs (P=0.002). Finally, SCAs provided additional prognostic information beyond histoprognosis, as their presence was associated with poorer OS in patients over 18 months with unfavourable International Neuroblastoma Pathology Classification (INPC) histopathology (P=0.018). CONCLUSIONS: The presence of SCAs is a negative prognostic marker that impairs outcome of patients over the age of 18 months with localised unresectable NB without MYCN amplification, especially when more than one SCA is present. Moreover, in older patients with unfavourable INPC tumour histoprognosis, the presence of SCAs significantly affects OS.
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Neuroblastoma/genética , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/genética , Aberrações Cromossômicas , Hibridização Genômica Comparativa , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Amplificação de Genes , Humanos , Lactente , Estimativa de Kaplan-Meier , Proteína Proto-Oncogênica N-Myc , Neuroblastoma/diagnóstico , Neuroblastoma/mortalidade , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Proteínas Oncogênicas/genética , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/mortalidade , PrognósticoRESUMO
Wilms' tumor (WT) trials aim to better tailor treatment intensity to the risk of relapse and death. Currently, stage, histology, age (< or > 24 months), and combined loss of heterozygosity at 1p and 16q in chemotherapy-naïve WTs are the only risk factors used for treatment stratification. However, they predict only less than one-third of all relapsing patients, implying that other factors are involved in treatment failure. Previous studies have associated 1q gain with adverse outcome. Therefore, in this study, the role of 1q gain and other common cytogenetic aberrations (CAs) in WTs was investigated and related to follow-up data from patients with WT treated in the United Kingdom; 19% (64/331) had 1q gain. Gain of 1q was significantly associated with 16q loss (P < 0.001) and 1p loss (P < 0.001). In multivariate analysis taking account of age, tumor stage, anaplasia, and common CA (e.g., 1p loss and 16q loss), 1q gain was independently associated with adverse event-free survival [EFS; hazard ratio (HR) = 2.45, P = 0.02] and overall survival (HR = 4.28, P = 0.004). Loss of 14q was independently associated with an adverse EFS (HR = 4.0, P = 0.04). Gain of 1q is a marker of poor prognosis in WTs, independent of high tumor stage and anaplasia which remain the overarching adverse prognostic factors. Confirmation in other studies is necessary before future therapeutic studies can incorporate 1q gain into new risk stratification schema.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais , Aberrações Cromossômicas , Cromossomos Humanos Par 1/genética , Tumor de Wilms/genética , Pré-Escolar , Ensaios Clínicos como Assunto , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Prognóstico , Tumor de Wilms/mortalidadeRESUMO
BACKGROUND: In neuroblastoma (NB), the presence of segmental chromosome alterations (SCAs) is associated with a higher risk of relapse. METHODS: In order to analyse the role of SCAs in infants with localised unresectable/disseminated NB without MYCN amplification, we have performed an array CGH analysis of tumours from infants enrolled in the prospective European INES trials. RESULTS: Tumour samples from 218 out of 300 enroled patients could be analysed. Segmental chromosome alterations were observed in 11%, 20% and 59% of infants enroled in trials INES99.1 (localised unresectable NB), INES99.2 (stage 4s) and INES99.3 (stage 4) (P<0.0001). Progression-free survival was poorer in patients whose tumours harboured SCA, in the whole population and in trials INES99.1 and INES99.2, in the absence of clinical symptoms (log-rank test, P=0.0001, P=0.04 and P=0.0003, respectively). In multivariate analysis, a SCA genomic profile was the strongest predictor of poorer progression-free survival. CONCLUSION: In infants with stage 4s MYCN-non-amplified NB, a SCA genomic profile identifies patients who will require upfront treatment even in the absence of other clinical indication for therapy, whereas in infants with localised unresectable NB, a genomic profile characterised by the absence of SCA identifies patients in whom treatment reduction might be possible. These findings will be implemented in a future international trial.
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Aberrações Cromossômicas , Neuroblastoma/patologia , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Proteínas Oncogênicas/genética , Humanos , Lactente , Proteína Proto-Oncogênica N-Myc , Neuroblastoma/genética , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Recidiva , Análise de SobrevidaRESUMO
An 8-year-old male relapsed with refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB) and monosomy 7 and mixed chimerism (MC) 21 months after HLA-matched unrelated donor bone marrow transplant (BMT). He received three donor lymphocyte infusions (DLI) using an escalating dose schedule. He developed grade II acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) 9 days after the third DLI, but continued to deteriorate for 2 months with decreasing marrow cellularity but persisting blasts, MC, and monosomy 7, before exhibiting a delayed but complete response which has persisted for 5 years. This case suggests that DLI and graft-versus-myelodysplasia (GVMDS) may be beneficial in post-transplant relapse of pediatric myelodysplasia.
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Anemia Refratária com Excesso de Blastos/terapia , Transplante de Medula Óssea , Cromossomos Humanos Par 7/genética , Transfusão de Linfócitos , Monossomia , Anemia Refratária com Excesso de Blastos/tratamento farmacológico , Anemia Refratária com Excesso de Blastos/genética , Anemia Refratária com Excesso de Blastos/cirurgia , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/administração & dosagem , Criança , Terapia Combinada , Humanos , Masculino , Recidiva , Indução de Remissão , Doadores de Tecidos , Condicionamento Pré-TransplanteRESUMO
Few large demographic studies of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are derived from population-based registries. Demographic and karyotypic data were provided for AML cases from two regional leukemia registry databases in Scotland and the Northern Region of England. A population-based dataset was compiled, comprising 1709 patients aged >16 years (1235 North England/474 Scotland patients). The most common cytogenetic abnormalities involved chromosomes 5 and/or 7 (17%). Patients with the following abnormal chromosome 5/7 combinations: -5, del(5q), -5/-7 and del(5q)/-7 represented a significantly older population (P < 0.01, ANOVA). t(8;21) was the only 'favourable' karyotype found in older age. Karyotypic complexity varied within chromosome 5/7 combination groups; those containing -5, -5/-7, -5/del(7q), del(5q)/-7 or del(5q)/del(7q) combinations were significantly more frequently complex than those containing -7 and del(7q) (P < 0.01, chi2 test). Additional recurring cytogenetic abnormalities within complex karyotypes containing chromosome 5/7 combinations included (in order of frequency), abnormalities of chromosomes 17, 12, 3 and 18. Complex karyotypes not involving chromosomes 5 or 7 represented 30% of all complex karyotypes, occurred in younger patients than those involving chromosomes 5 and 7, and frequently included additional trisomy 8 (26%). In conclusion, we describe subgroups within adverse karyotypes, with different demographics, degree of complexity and additional chromosome abnormalities.
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Leucemia Mieloide/genética , Vigilância da População , Doença Aguda , Adulto , Demografia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Sistema de RegistrosRESUMO
p53 mutations are rare in neuroblastomas at diagnosis perhaps accounting for their initial response to therapy, but advanced neuroblastoma frequently relapses, and it is possible that p53 mutations develop later. Two neuroblastoma cell lines derived from the same patient before [SKNBE(1n)] and after [SKNBE(2c)] cytotoxic therapy were analyzed for the presence of chromosome 17 and p53 genes by fluorescent in situ hybridization, p53 mutations by DNA sequencing, and p53 function after irradiation by studying the transcription of p53-regulated genes, cell cycle arrest, and induction of apoptosis. The SKNBE(1n) cell line was wild-type for p53, had two p53 genes, two copies of chromosome arm 17p and showed functional p53 after irradiation. The SKNBE(2c) cell line derived from the same patient 5 months later at relapse had loss of an entire chromosome 17, resulting in hemizygosity for the p53 locus on 17p and a missense p53 mutation in exon 5, and p53 was not functional after irradiation. The appearance of a p53 mutation in a cell line derived from a relapsed neuroblastoma suggests that this may be a mechanism of resistance to therapy. If p53 mutations develop frequently in relapsed neuroblastoma, cytotoxic agents more sensitive to mutant p53 might be more effective at relapse.
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Genes p53/efeitos dos fármacos , Genes p53/efeitos da radiação , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Neuroblastoma/genética , Proteínas Nucleares , Inibidor de Quinase Dependente de Ciclina p21 , Ciclinas/biossíntese , Ciclinas/genética , Dano ao DNA , DNA de Neoplasias/efeitos dos fármacos , DNA de Neoplasias/efeitos da radiação , Genes p53/fisiologia , Humanos , Cariotipagem , Neuroblastoma/patologia , Neuroblastoma/terapia , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/biossíntese , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-mdm2 , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Tumorais Cultivadas/efeitos da radiação , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/biossíntese , Proteína Supressora de Tumor p53/fisiologiaRESUMO
Intrachromosomal amplification of chromosome 21 (iAMP21) identifies a high-risk subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), requiring intensive treatment to reduce their relapse risk. Improved understanding of the genomic landscape of iAMP21-ALL will ascertain whether these patients may benefit from targeted therapy. We performed whole-exome sequencing of eight iAMP21-ALL samples. The mutation rate was dramatically disparate between cases (average 24.9, range 5-51) and a large number of novel variants were identified, including frequent mutation of the RAS/MEK/ERK pathway. Targeted sequencing of a larger cohort revealed that 60% (25/42) of diagnostic iAMP21-ALL samples harboured 42 distinct RAS pathway mutations. High sequencing coverage demonstrated heterogeneity in the form of multiple RAS pathway mutations within the same sample and diverse variant allele frequencies (VAFs) (2-52%), similar to other subtypes of ALL. Constitutive RAS pathway activation was observed in iAMP21 samples that harboured mutations in the predominant clone (⩾35% VAF). Viable iAMP21 cells from primary xenografts showed reduced viability in response to the MEK1/2 inhibitor, selumetinib, in vitro. As clonal (⩾35% VAF) mutations were detected in 26% (11/42) of iAMP21-ALL, this evidence of response to RAS pathway inhibitors may offer the possibility to introduce targeted therapy to improve therapeutic efficacy in these high-risk patients.
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Aberrações Cromossômicas , Cromossomos Humanos Par 21 , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases/genética , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/genética , Proteínas ras/metabolismo , Animais , Benzimidazóis/farmacologia , Sobrevivência Celular , Xenoenxertos , Humanos , Sistema de Sinalização das MAP Quinases/efeitos dos fármacos , Camundongos , Taxa de Mutação , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
PURPOSE: To determine the relationship between multiple genetic features, tumor morphology, and prognosis in neuroblastoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The genetic alterations and morphologic features that underpin three histopathologic risk classifications were analyzed in 108 neuroblastoma patients. Tumors were subdivided into four groups based on the three most frequent and prognostically significant genetic alterations (17q gain, 1p deletion, and MYCN amplification), and all other genetic, morphologic, and clinical data were analyzed with respect to these groups. RESULTS: Our analyses identify three nonoverlapping tumor types with distinct genetic and morphologic features, defined here as types 1, 2, and 3. Type 1 tumors show none of the three significant genetic alterations and have good prognosis. Both type 2 (17q gain only or 17q gain and 1p del) and type 3 (17q gain, 1p del, and MYCN amplification) tumors progress. However, these tumor types are distinguished clinically by having significantly different median age at diagnosis and median progression-free survival (PFS). Multivariate analysis indicates that 17q gain is the only independent prognostic factor among all genetic, histopathologic, and clinical factors analyzed. Among histopathologic risk systems, the International Neuroblastoma Pathology Classification was the best predictor of PFS. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that specific combinations of genetic changes in neuroblastoma tumors contribute to distinct morphologic and clinical features. Furthermore, the identification of two genetically and morphologically distinct types of progressing tumors suggests that possibilities for different therapeutic regimens should be investigated.
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Neuroblastoma/genética , Neuroblastoma/patologia , Adolescente , Idade de Início , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cromossomos Humanos Par 1/genética , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17/genética , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Amplificação de Genes , Genes myc/genética , Marcadores Genéticos , Humanos , Receptores de Hialuronatos/metabolismo , Lactente , Irlanda/epidemiologia , Análise Multivariada , Mutação , Prognóstico , Modelos de Riscos Proporcionais , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Taxa de Sobrevida , Reino Unido/epidemiologiaRESUMO
PURPOSE: Therapy stratification based on genetic markers is becoming increasingly important, which makes commitment to the highest possible reliability of the involved markers mandatory. In neuroblastic tumors, amplification of the MYCN gene is an unequivocal marker that indicates aggressive tumor behavior and is consequently used for therapy stratification. To guarantee reliable and standardized quality of genetic features, a quality-assessment study was initiated by the European Neuroblastoma Quality Assessment (ENQUA; connected to International Society of Pediatric Oncology) Group. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred thirty-seven coded specimens from 17 tumors were analyzed in 11 European national/regional reference laboratories using molecular techniques, in situ hybridization, and flow and image cytometry. Tumor samples with divergent results were re-evaluated. RESULTS: Three hundred fifty-two investigations were performed, which resulted in 23 divergent findings, 17 of which were judged as errors after re-evaluation. MYCN analyses determined by Southern blot and in situ hybridization led to 3.7% and 4% of errors, respectively. Tumor cell content was not indicated in 32% of the samples, and 11% of seemingly correct MYCN results were based on the investigation of normal cells (eg, Schwann cells). Thirty-eight investigations were considered nonassessable. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrated the importance of revealing the difficulties and limitations for each technique and problems in interpreting results, which are crucial for therapeutic decisions. Moreover, it led to the formulation of guidelines that are applicable to all kinds of tumors and that contain the standardization of techniques, including the exact determination of the tumor cell content. Finally, the group has developed a common terminology for molecular-genetic results.
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Biomarcadores Tumorais/análise , Técnicas Genéticas/normas , Neuroblastoma/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Proteínas Oncogênicas/genética , Garantia da Qualidade dos Cuidados de Saúde , Biomarcadores Tumorais/genética , Southern Blotting , Cromossomos Humanos Par 1/genética , DNA de Neoplasias/análise , Erros de Diagnóstico/prevenção & controle , Erros de Diagnóstico/estatística & dados numéricos , Europa (Continente) , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Proteína Proto-Oncogênica N-Myc , Neuroblastoma/tratamento farmacológico , Neuroblastoma/patologia , Ploidias , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Controle de Qualidade , Padrões de Referência , Terminologia como AssuntoRESUMO
It is apparent that treatment of Hodgkin's disease can be complicated by the development of secondary leukaemia. Most such leukaemias are of the non-lymphocytic type. We describe here a patient treated for Hodgkin's disease with chemo- and radiotherapy who developed secondary acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with a non-random chromosomal abnormality t(4;11). The frequency of such cases is assessed by a literature review and evidence for their pluripotent cell origin is discussed.
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Cromossomos Humanos Par 11 , Cromossomos Humanos Par 4 , Doença de Hodgkin/terapia , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/etiologia , Translocação Genética , Adulto , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/efeitos adversos , Terapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Leucemia Induzida por Radiação/genética , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/genéticaRESUMO
In acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), it is unclear whether variant Philadelphia (Ph) translocations have the same molecular and clinical implications as the classical translocation. Two children with Ph+ ALL with variant translocations are described. One, in whom cytogenetic remission was not achieved, had evidence of translocation of c-abl to chromosome 22, rearrangement of minor breakpoint cluster region (mBCR) and expression of hybrid bcr/abl transcripts. In the other case, no gene rearrangement was found and complete remission was achieved. Variant Ph translocations in childhood ALL are heterogeneous at the molecular level. Molecular studies coupled with observations of clinical outcome are needed in larger numbers of such children to determine whether poor clinical response correlates with bcr/abl involvement and to allow planning of appropriate therapeutic strategies.
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Cromossomo Filadélfia , Leucemia-Linfoma Linfoblástico de Células Precursoras/genética , Translocação Genética , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cromossomos Humanos Par 2 , Cromossomos Humanos Par 22 , Feminino , Proteínas de Fusão bcr-abl/genética , Humanos , MasculinoRESUMO
The MLL gene, located at 11q23, is frequently rearranged in acute leukaemia as either chimaeric fusion genes or partial tandem duplications. We report a series of 12 acute leukaemia cases with apparent amplification of the MLL gene ascertained using fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH). Seven cases showed intrachromosomal amplification of MLL, four cases showed extrachromosomal amplification as double minute chromosomes (dmin) and one case had separate subclones with dmin and homogenously staining region (hsr). Southern blot analysis of the MLL gene showed MLL gene rearrangement in three of the 10 successful cases. These cases do not naturally fall into either of the two recognised categories of MLL rearrangement and may represent a third variety of MLL gene abnormalities.
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Cromossomos Humanos Par 11/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Amplificação de Genes , Leucemia/genética , Proto-Oncogenes , Fatores de Transcrição , Doença Aguda , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Southern Blotting , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cromossomos Humanos Par 11/ultraestrutura , Herança Extracromossômica , Feminino , Histona-Lisina N-Metiltransferase , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Cariotipagem , Leucemia/mortalidade , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Proteína de Leucina Linfoide-Mieloide , Análise de Sobrevida , Reino Unido/epidemiologiaRESUMO
The aim of this study was to collect prospectively unselected, population-based data on young adults with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) over a 9-year period and to evaluate the impact on survival of the introduction of allogeneic transplantation performed in first remission. The population within the Northern Region of England is 3.09 million. During the study period a total of 149 de novo patients between 15 and 55 years old presented. The incidence of AML was 0.79 per 10(5) (age-specific population) in the 15-24-year-old group, 0.85 per 10(5) in the group 25-39 years old and 1.35 per 10(5) in the 40-55-year-old group. Remission induction success varied with age (74% for patients < 40 years and 58% for patients 40-55 years). In the 15-40 year old group 28 patients had an HLA-matched donor, 22 patients had a transplant (one syngeneic) and 24 patients in the 15-40-year-old group in remission at 6 months did not have a transplant. The allogeneic group < 40 years old had an event-free survival (EFS) at 4 years of 62%, whereas patients of the same age who received chemotherapy alone had an EFS at 4 years of 24%. A small heterogeneous group of 14 patients who had intensification with autotransplant are not included in this analysis. The population study approach demonstrates the difficulties of introducing uniform treatment strategy in this disease group. The study confirms the view that allogeneic transplant in first remission in the 15-40-year-old group is the treatment of choice. Unfortunately the overall impact of transplant on the population is not great since only 22 of 149 patients (14%) were able to receive an allograft in first remission.
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Transplante de Medula Óssea , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/terapia , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Leucemia Mieloide Aguda/epidemiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , Indução de Remissão , Transplante HomólogoRESUMO
A 4-year prospective study of de novo acute myeloid leukaemia in patients aged 56 years and over was undertaken in the Northern Region of England (population 3.09 million). The study was conducted to assess the incidence and outcome of treatment in all elderly patients diagnosed between January 1, 1988 and December 31, 1991. Two hundred cases de novo AML were confirmed, giving an incidence of 6.05/10(5) per annum (age specific population) (95% Cl, 5.2-6.9). Acute promyelocytic leukaemia was rare. Erythroleukaemia, monocytic leukaemia and AML with trilineage myelodysplasia were more common than in younger patients. Karyotypic abnormalities classically associated with response to therapy were present in only six of 91 patients where cytogenetic data was available. Treatment was at the discretion of the physician in charge: if given, specific treatment was recorded and clinical outcome assessed. Only 84 (42%) of patients received treatment with curative intent. Forty-four of 84 achieved a complete remission, usually of brief duration. A normal karyotype in leukaemic cells was associated with a survival advantage in this group (p < 0.05). Actuarial overall survival at 4 years for the entire group was 2.5%. Even with aggressive treatment, the outcome is poor. The pattern of disease and its lack of response to conventional treatment would support the hypothesis that AML in the elderly may differ biologically from that observed in younger patients. Karyotyping appears to predict those patients likely to benefit from intensive therapy and decisions about management in otherwise fit patients should, if possible, be delayed until a result is obtained. Every effort should be made to give such patients optimal treatment. However, most patients are unsuitable for aggressive treatment and, since long-term survival is rare, cure should not be offered as an inducement to accept such treatment and improving quality of life outside hospital should be the aim of treatment in this group.
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Leucemia Mieloide/epidemiologia , Doença Aguda , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Aneuploidia , Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Transplante de Medula Óssea , Inglaterra/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Cariotipagem , Leucemia Mieloide/classificação , Leucemia Mieloide/genética , Leucemia Mieloide/terapia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Cuidados Paliativos , Prognóstico , Estudos Prospectivos , Indução de Remissão , Análise de Sobrevida , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Ionising radiation is a potent human carcinogen. Epidemiological studies have shown that adolescent and young women are at increased risk of developing breast cancer following exposure to ionising radiation compared with older women, and that risk is dose-dependent. Although it is well understood which individuals are at risk of radiation-induced breast carcinogenesis, the molecular genetic mechanisms that underlie cell transformation are less clear. To identify genetic alterations potentially responsible for driving radiogenic breast transformation, we exposed the human breast epithelial cell line MCF-10A to fractionated doses of X-rays and examined the copy number and cytogenetic alterations. We identified numerous alterations of c-MYC that included high-level focal amplification associated with increased protein expression. c-MYC amplification was also observed in primary human mammary epithelial cells following exposure to radiation. We also demonstrate that the frequency and magnitude of c-MYC amplification and c-MYC protein expression is significantly higher in breast cancer with antecedent radiation exposure compared with breast cancer without a radiation aetiology. Our data also demonstrate extensive intratumor heterogeneity with respect to c-MYC copy number in radiogenic breast cancer, suggesting continuous evolution at this locus during disease development and progression. Taken together, these data identify c-MYC as a radiosensitive locus, implicating this oncogenic transcription factor in the aetiology of radiogenic breast cancer.
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Mama/efeitos da radiação , Genes myc , Tolerância a Radiação/genética , Mama/citologia , Neoplasias da Mama/etiologia , Neoplasias da Mama/genética , Linhagem Celular , Variações do Número de Cópias de DNA , Feminino , Doença de Hodgkin/radioterapia , Humanos , Neoplasias Induzidas por Radiação/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleotídeo Único , Doses de RadiaçãoRESUMO
Gain of chromosome arm 17q has recently been reported in neuroblastoma tumours. We analysed 17q status in relation to other known prognostic features and clinical outcome in a series of 45 tumours. Chromosome 17 status was detected by cytogenetic analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) anc comparative genomic hybridisation (CGH) and correlated with other clinical and genetic factors. Survival analysis was calculated by the Kaplan-Meier estimation. Twenty-eight out of 45 tumours showed 17q gain, and this was associated with established indicators of poor prognosis; stage 4 disease (P < 0.001), age above 1 year at diagnosis (P < 0.001), 1p deletion (P < 0.01), MYCN amplification (P = 0.03) and diploidy/tetraploidy (P = 0.04). 17q gain was associated with poor outcome: 3-year survival was 13.5% compared with 100% for tumours without 17q gain (P = 0.0001); and progression-free survival (PFS) was 8.1% after 3 years compared with 83% for 17q normal tumours (P = 0.0001). PFS in 28 MYCN non-amplified patients indicated that 17q status has discriminatory power within this group: PFS 0% for 17q gain (n = 14) versus 100% for normal 17q (n = 14) (P = 0.0001). This study indicates that 17q changes have prognostic significance in neuroblastoma and should be a target for molecular cytogenetic detection at diagnosis.
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Aberrações Cromossômicas , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17 , Neuroblastoma/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Criança , Pré-Escolar , DNA de Neoplasias/genética , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Genes myc , Humanos , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Lactente , Masculino , Neuroblastoma/patologia , Hibridização de Ácido Nucleico , Prognóstico , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
Neuroblastoma tumour cells show complex combinations of acquired genetic aberrations, including ploidy changes, deletions of chromosome arms 1p and 11q, amplification of the MYCN oncogene, and-most frequently-gains of chromosome arm 17q. Despite intensive investigation, the fundamental role of these features in neuroblastoma initiation and progression remains to be understood. Nonetheless, great progress has been made in relating tumour genetic abnormalities to tumour behaviour and to clinical outcome; indeed, neuroblastoma provides a paradigm for the clinical importance of tumour genetic abnormalities. Knowledge of MYCN status is increasingly being used in treatment decisions for individual children, and the clinical value of 1p and 17q data as adjuncts or refinements in risk stratification is under active investigation. Reliable detection of these molecular cytogenetic features should be regarded as mandatory for all new cases at presentation.
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Aberrações Cromossômicas , Cromossomos Humanos Par 17 , Proteínas de Drosophila , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos , Neuroblastoma/genética , Núcleosídeo-Difosfato Quinase , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Proteínas Cromossômicas não Histona/genética , Amplificação de Genes , Expressão Gênica , Genes MDR , Humanos , Receptores de Hialuronatos/genética , Hibridização in Situ Fluorescente , Lactente , Proteínas Inibidoras de Apoptose , Proteínas de Insetos/genética , Perda de Heterozigosidade , Proteínas Monoméricas de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Nucleosídeo NM23 Difosfato Quinases , Proteínas de Neoplasias , Ploidias , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-myc/genética , Survivina , Telomerase/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genéticaRESUMO
Failure to obtain sufficient material from marrow aspiration (dry tap) posed a diagnostic problem in two patients with pancytopenia. By using collagenase digestion of the trephine biopsy specimen, a precise diagnosis was reached. This technique is very useful because it permits flow cytometric and immunocytochemical analyses of cell suspensions obtained after collagenase digestion of the trephine biopsy specimen core. Acute leukaemia presenting with a dry tap can therefore be accurately immunophenotyped. The technique is easy to perform and merits wider use.
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Exame de Medula Óssea/métodos , Medula Óssea/metabolismo , Colagenases/metabolismo , Adulto , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Síndromes Mielodisplásicas/diagnóstico , TrepanaçãoRESUMO
AIMS: To describe the histological appearances of bone marrow infiltrated with rhabdomyosarcoma at presentation and to determine their value in establishing the diagnosis. METHODS: Patients presenting over seven years in the northern health region of England with rhabdomyosarcoma were studied. Bone marrow aspirates and trephine biopsy specimens taken at presentation were examined. RESULTS: Seven of 32 patients with rhabdomyosarcoma had bone marrow infiltration, resulting in marrow failure in all cases, at diagnosis. The diagnosis was established in these seven by the typical cytological appearances and immunophenotype of the infiltrating cells (all seven patients) and cytogenetic abnormalities (three patients). Histological examination of the bone marrow showed a pseudoalveolar pattern with fibrous septal bands, enlarged vascular channels, and lack of cohesion of the tumour cells within the subdivided aggregates in all seven. In four cases multinucleate giant cells, often with peripherally sited nuclei, were found. CONCLUSIONS: These histological features of infiltrated marrow are so characteristic that the diagnosis of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma can be made, or at least suspected, in many cases even without recourse to technically difficult and expensive further investigations. Bone marrow biopsy should be a routine part of the investigation of patients with bone marrow failure and will be of particular value in the diagnosis of those with disseminated alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.