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chronic myeloid leukemia

CML, chronic myelogenous leukemia

Evolution

- acute leukemias

Cytogenetics

Most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) show a Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome with a characteristic translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22.

There are variant complex translocations involving other chromosomes in addition to the standard translocation:
- t(4;12;7;9;22) (18474301)

Molecular biology

- BCR-ABL fusion protein expression by t(9;22)

CGH (17696194, 16425296)

- chromosomal losses

- chromosomal gains

Reviews

- Melo JV, Barnes DJ. Chronic myeloid leukaemia as a model of disease evolution in human cancer. Nat Rev Cancer. 2007 Jun;7(6):441-53. PMID: 17522713

- Goldman JM, Melo JV. Chronic myeloid leukemia—advances in biology and new approaches to treatment. N Engl J Med. 2003 Oct 9;349(15):1451-64. PMID: 14534339

References

- Brazma D, Grace C, Howard J, Melo JV, Holyoke T, Apperley JF, Nacheva EP. Genomic profile of chronic myelogenous leukemia: Imbalances associated with disease progression. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2007 Aug 15; PMID: 17696194

- Hosoya N, Sanada M, Nannya Y, Nakazaki K, Wang L, Hangaishi A, Kurokawa M, Chiba S, Ogawa S. Genomewide screening of DNA copy number changes in chronic myelogenous leukemia with the use of high-resolution array-based comparative genomic hybridization. Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2006 May;45(5):482-94. PMID: 16425296

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- AGCOH - Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology