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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-29
pubmed:abstractText
The growth pattern of marrow cells in agar culture was studied in 90 adult patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) at diagnosis. We classified the abnormal growth patterns into 4 groups, A: no growth, B: decreased growth, C: excessive microcluster formation and D: excessive cluster growth with more than 20 colonies. There was a good correlation between growth pattern and FAB subtype. A predominance of group A growth was observed in M1, while group B growth was found in 50% of patients with M2 and M5. No relationships between the growth patterns and other clinical parameters were detected. Sixty-six patients were evaluable for treatment outcome. The growth pattern significantly correlated with complete remission rate. The remission rates were 52, 87, 80, and 25% for patients with group A, B, C and D growth, respectively. Analyses of remission duration and survival curves showed significant differences among the different growth patterns. Patients with D growth experienced a shorter remission duration and a lower survival rate than other groups. These results indicate that the in vitro culture growth pattern in untreated ANLL is of prognostic significance in predicting the response to therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5792
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
20-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Prognostic significance of in vitro marrow culture growth pattern in untreated acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't