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ArticleLeukemia & lymphoma2015

Elevated lymphocyte count at time of acute myeloid leukemia diagnosis is associated with shorter remission.

Merav Bar, Megan Othus, Hanahlyn M Park, Vicky Sandhu, Xueyan Chen, Brent L Wood, Elihu Estey

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Article in Leukemia & lymphoma, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Merav Bara Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle , WA , USA.
Megan Othusc Public Heath Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle , WA , USA.
Hanahlyn M Parka Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle , WA , USA.
Vicky Sandhua Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle , WA , USA.
Xueyan Chend Department of Laboratory Medicine , University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA.
Brent L Wooda Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle , WA , USA.
Elihu Esteya Division of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , Seattle , WA , USA.
University of Washington · USFred Hutch Cancer Center · US

Funding

SWOG Statistics & Data Management Center complex - extension supplement for GY06U10CA180819 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI Michael L. LeBlanc · 2014 to 2026
$115.2M
NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180819
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In solid tumors, decreased absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) at diagnosis was found to be associated with poorer outcome, but there is only limited data on the impact of ALC in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In this study we evaluated the prognostic value of ALC on outcome in 259 adult patients with AML who responded to induction therapy. Higher than normal ALC at diagnosis was associated with shorter remission (HR 4.06; p < 0.001), and decreased relapse free and overall survival (HR 3.47; p < 0.001 and HR 3.85; p < 0.001 respectively). Flow cytometry showed low frequency of natural killer (NK) cells and high frequency of CD4+ T cells (which includes the subset of T regulatory cells) in the high ALC group. Low frequency of NK cells and potentially high frequency of inhibitory T regulatory cells may result in weaker immune responses against residual leukemia and may explain the poorer outcome of the high ALC group.

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Lymphocyte CountLymphocyte SubsetsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkersCohort StudiesFemaleHumansImmunophenotypingLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkersabsolute lymphocyte count (ALC)Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

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PMID25726954
PMCPMC4714707
OpenAlexW2114678326

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