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ReviewCurrent hematologic malignancy reports2008

Assessing minimal residual disease in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Andy C Rawstron, Peter Hillmen

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Review in Current hematologic malignancy reports, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 88% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andy C RawstronHaematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service, Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK. Andy.Rawstron@egu.york.ac.uk
Peter Hillmen
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New treatment approaches have substantially improved response rates in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Accurate assessment of effective combination chemoimmunotherapy requires more sensitive measures of response, and a variety of techniques to measure minimal residual disease (MRD) have been developed. Because many studies demonstrate that MRD eradication is associated with prolonged treatment-free survival, detection of MRD is becoming a standard component of clinical trials. Quantitative approaches using polymerase chain reaction or multiparameter flow cytometry are preferable because they allow comparison of efficacy between different studies. In most clinical settings, the levels of chronic lymphocytic leukemia always increase from the first detection of MRD; the exception is allogeneic transplantation, in which there may be stable MRD levels or delayed MRD eradication. MRD analysis in the peripheral blood also may be used during therapy to predict eventual response and potentially to guide therapy to achieve the optimal outcome.

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Clinical Trials as TopicHumansLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellNeoplasm, ResidualTransplantation, Homologous

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PMID20425446
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