MOLECULAR GENETICS IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE LEUKEMIA (AND THEIR IMPLICATION IN THE MANAGEMENT
Rasha Mohamed EI-Sayed Abd-EI-Motagaly;
Abstract
Dispite significant improvement of leukemia treatment on past two decides, about one third of children treated for acute leukemia relapse. No individual predictive factor has yet been found to identify this subgroup of patients.
Remarkable advances have been made m our understanding of molecular pathogenesis of acute leukemia with cytogeltics and molecular genetic data guiding successive improvement in treatment and risk prediction.
Since most of relapses stem from cells of original leukemic clone, assment of minimal residual disease may help to evaluate the efficacy of therapy, predict impending relapse and alternatively permit individualization of therapeutic protocol.
As the overall gall of therapy is eradication of!eukemic clone and restoration of normal hematopoises, this is usually accomplished through use of myelosuppressive chemotherapy. During the last few year new idias was found for treatment such as gene therapy, monoclonal antibodies therapy, ATRA in promyelocytic leukemia and arsinic trioxide.
Key Words: Childhood acute leukemia cytogenitices, minimal residual disease prognostic factors, treatment, new ideas of treatment.
Remarkable advances have been made m our understanding of molecular pathogenesis of acute leukemia with cytogeltics and molecular genetic data guiding successive improvement in treatment and risk prediction.
Since most of relapses stem from cells of original leukemic clone, assment of minimal residual disease may help to evaluate the efficacy of therapy, predict impending relapse and alternatively permit individualization of therapeutic protocol.
As the overall gall of therapy is eradication of!eukemic clone and restoration of normal hematopoises, this is usually accomplished through use of myelosuppressive chemotherapy. During the last few year new idias was found for treatment such as gene therapy, monoclonal antibodies therapy, ATRA in promyelocytic leukemia and arsinic trioxide.
Key Words: Childhood acute leukemia cytogenitices, minimal residual disease prognostic factors, treatment, new ideas of treatment.
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| Title | MOLECULAR GENETICS IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE LEUKEMIA (AND THEIR IMPLICATION IN THE MANAGEMENT | Other Titles | دراسة بحثية عن الجينات الجزيئية فى مرض اللوكيما الحادة عند الاطفال وتأثيرها فى خطة العلاج | Authors | Rasha Mohamed EI-Sayed Abd-EI-Motagaly | Issue Date | 2002 |
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