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ReviewLeukemia2018

Diagnostic algorithm for lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes.

Ghulam J Mufti, Donal P McLornan, Arjan A van de Loosdrecht, Ulrich Germing, Robert P Hasserjian

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Review in Leukemia, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. MDS-Type Morphologic Abnormalities of Peripheral Blood Granulocytes in Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients.International journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research · 2024
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  9. Guidelines for Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Converting Evidence into Action?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ghulam J MuftiKing's College, London, UK. ghulam.mufti@kcl.ac.uk.
Donal P McLornanKing's College, London, UK.
Arjan A van de LoosdrechtVU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ulrich GermingDept. of Hematology, Oncology, and Clinical Immunology, University Clinic, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Robert P HasserjianMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid advances over the past decade have uncovered the heterogeneous genomic and immunologic landscape of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). This has led to notable improvements in the accuracy and timing of diagnosis and prognostication of MDS, as well as the identification of possible novel targets for therapeutic intervention. For the practicing clinician, however, this increase in genomic, epigenomic, and immunologic knowledge needs consideration in a "real-world" context to aid diagnostic specificity. Although the 2016 revision to the World Health Organization classification for MDS is comprehensive and timely, certain limitations still exist for day-to-day clinical practice. In this review, we describe an up-to-date diagnostic approach to patients with suspected lower-risk MDS, including hypoplastic MDS, and demonstrate the requirement for an "integrated" diagnostic approach. Moreover, in the era of rapid access to massive parallel sequencing platforms for mutational screening, we suggest which patients should undergo such analyses, when such screening should be performed, and how those data should be interpreted. This is particularly relevant given the recent findings describing age-related clonal hematopoiesis.

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AlgorithmsEarly Detection of CancerGenomicsHumansMyelodysplastic Syndromes

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