p27KIP1 Deletions in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Presenting Clinical and Laboratory Data of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Abstract Background Leukemia is the most prevalent childhood cancer and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) constitutes 75% of all cases. The most frequent presenting symptoms are fever, weight loss and pallor. Early detection of clinical symptoms positively affects timely diagnosis. The objectives of the present study were to assess frequency of presenting symptoms, laboratory data, immune ph...

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

The cure rate for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) now exceeds 70%. This success has been achieved in part by improvements in the biologic characterization of newly diagnosed patients. Modern treatment protocols rely on this information to tailor therapy to a patient's risk of relapse. Patients with favorable genetic features, such as hyperdiploidy or the TEL-AML1 fusion, can be tre...

Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is recognized as a fast-developing cancer originated from blood-progenitor cells. Blasts cells are immature cells which generate white blood cells (leukocytes), and it is the malignancy of the blast cells which lead to leukemias. The bone marrow is gradually filled up with these blasts and as a result, the production of healthy blood cells will be damaged. Mal...

FLT3 mutations in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Activating mutations of the FLT3 receptor tyrosine kinase are common in acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) but are rare in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We have recently shown that FLT3 is highly expressed and often mutated in ALLs with rearrangement of the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene on chromosome 11q23. Because hyperdiploid ALL samples also show high-level expression of FLT3, ...

evaluation of abcc3/mrp3 expression in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia