Monitoring Minimal Residual Disease in the Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Current Applications and Emerging Approaches

NCI first international workshop on the biology, prevention, and treatment of relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: report from the committee on disease-specific methods and strategies for monitoring relapse following allogeneic stem cell transplantation. part II: chronic leukemias, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and lymphoid malignancies.

Relapse has become the major cause of treatment failure after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Outcome of patients with clinical relapse after transplantation generally remains poor, but intervention prior to florid relapse improves outcome for certain hematologic malignancies. To detect early relapse or minimal residual disease, sensitive methods such as molecular genetics, ...

The relation between end of induction minimal residual disease and different risk factors in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Background: Malignant disorder with B or T stem cell basis leads to development and continuation of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) due to aggregation of blast cells in bone marrow. The environmental, genetic, and demographic factors may influence the disease relapse. The objective of this study was to assess the relation between end of induction minimal residual disease and different risk f...

Evading Capture by Residual Disease Monitoring: Extramedullary Manifestation of JAK2 V617F-Positive Primary Myelofibrosis After Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Monitoring of the JAK2 V617F allele burden in myeloproliferative neoplasms after allogeneic stem cell transplantation is useful to determine levels of residual disease and has the potential to detect early relapse and guide subsequent clinical intervention. A case is described of a JAK2 V617F-positive primary myelofibrosis patient who underwent allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Prospective ...

Evaluation of Relationship between Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) and Relapse in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Using Quantitative Fluorescent PCR

Myeloproliferative Neoplasms Associated with Mutation in JAK2V617F and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors as Therapeutic Strategy

MPNs including a heterogeneous group of clonal or oligoclonal hamtopathies characterized by proliferation and accumulation of mature myeloid cells. JAK2 tyrosine kinase mutation is the most common molecular lesion identified in 90% of cases. JAK2 is involved in EPO signaling pathway, and mutations in it lead to EPO-independent spontaneous phosphorylation. Most tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) a...