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Paule-marie Carli
Incidence and Prognostic Value of FLT-3 and NPM1 Genes Abnormalities in Acute Myeloid Leukemia in the Côte D’or Population, France
Abstract Context: In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the recently described FLT-3 and NPM1 genes abnormalities were found to have a prognostic value in AML with normal karyotype and a specific therapeutic strategy was proposed according to these abnormalities. We look for the incidence and prognostic value of these abnormalities in cases diagnosed on a well defined population. Material and Methods: AML diagnosed according to WHO classification between 01/01/2001 and 31/12/2006 in the population of the Côte d’Or department, were included. Karyotype analyses were performed in 81% of the cases. The FLT3 D835 mutation, the FLT3 internal duplication (ITD) and the NPM1 mutation were systematically…
AML transformation in 56 patients with Ph- MPD in two well defined populations.
The Philadelphia chromosome-negative (Ph-) chronic myeloproliferative disorders (MPD) have an inherent tendency for transformation into acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML). The long-term rate of leukaemic transformation in unselected MPD patients was studied in well-defined MPD populations in Gothenburg, Sweden and the Cote d'Or area, Burgundy, France, respectively. Over a median observation time of 15 yr, 56 subjects (7%) out of a total of 795 patients with Ph- MPD transformed to AML. The yearly incidence of AML transformation was 0.38% in polycythaemia vera (PV), 0.37% in essential thrombocythaemia (ET) and 1.09% in idiopathic myelofibrosis (IMF). The incidence of AML development was signif…