Open AccessThe prognostic significance of minimal residual disease in adult Egyptian patients with precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Author(s) -
Mohamed Samra,
Hossam K. Mahmoud,
Thoraya Abdelhamid,
Nahla M. El Sharkawy,
Yasser Elnahass,
Mossaad Elgammal,
Rafaat Ms Abdelfattah,
Salem Eid,
Fayek M. Ghaleb,
Azza M. Kamel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of egyptian national cancer institute/journal of the egyptian national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2589-0409
pISSN - 1110-0362
DOI - 10.1016/j.jnci.2013.05.004
Subject(s) - medicine , minimal residual disease , lymphoblastic leukemia , residual , disease , precursor cell , oncology , leukemia , cell , genetics , algorithm , biology , computer science
Minimal residual disease (MRD) studies in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) give highly significant prognostic information superior to other standard criteria as age, gender and total leucocytic count (TLC) in distinguishing patients at high and low risk of relapse.