Will a peripheral blood (PB) sample yield the same diagnostic and prognostic cytogenetic data as the concomitant bone marrow (BM) in myelodysplasia?

Athena M. Cherry*, Marilyn L. Slovak, Lynda J. Campbell, Kathy Chun, Virginie Eclache, Detlef Haase, Claudia Haferlach, Barbara Hildebrandt, Anwar M. Iqbal, Suresh C. Jhanwar, Kazuma Ohyashiki, Francesc Sole, Peter Vandenberghe, Daniel L. VanDyke, Yanming Zhang, Gordon W. Dewald

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Abstract

In patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), chromosome anomalies are detected by conventional cytogenetic studies (CCS) and/or interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) of bone marrow (BM) samples and provide prognostic and diagnostic information, which can direct therapy. Whether peripheral blood (PB) can be substituted for bone marrow in these cases and can provide the same information remains unknown. Concurrent BM and PB specimens collected from 100 patients with recently diagnosed MDS were studied using both CCS and FISH. While 68% of BM samples showed an abnormal karyotype by CCS, only 31% of PB samples were abnormal by CCS. In 12% of patients, FISH and CCS were discordant due to the inability of the FISH panel to detect all possible abnormalities. However, only one case (1%) had a cryptic abnormality detected by FISH. BM and PB FISH were discordant in 3% of cases, most likely due to the smaller clone size in PB vs. BM. While PB should not be substituted for BM at diagnosis, it is a viable alternative for monitoring patients using the appropriate FISH probe(s).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)832-840
Number of pages9
JournalLeukemia Research
Volume36
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2012

Keywords

  • Bone marrow
  • Chromosome analysis
  • FISH
  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization
  • MDS
  • Myelodysplastic syndrome
  • Peripheral blood

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hematology
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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