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Standardisation and consensus guidelines for minimal residual disease assessment in Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph + ALL) by real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR of e1a2 BCR-ABL1.

H Pfeifer, G Cazzaniga, V H J van der Velden, J M Cayuela, B Schäfer, O Spinelli, S Akiki, S Avigad, I Bendit, K Borg and 29 more

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Article in Leukemia, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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44citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

39 authors at 20 institutions in 18 countries.

H PfeiferDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany. h.pfeifer@em.uni-frankfurt.de.
G CazzanigaPediatric Clinic, University of Milan Bicocca, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy.
V H J van der VeldenDepartment of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University, Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
J M CayuelaHematology Laboratory and EA3518, University Hospital Saint-Louis, University Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
B SchäferKinderspital Zürich, Onkologie Diagnostik Labor, Zürich, Switzerland.
O SpinelliHematology and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, ASST-Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0374-1536
S AkikiRegional Genetics Laboratory, Birmingham Women´s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
S AvigadPediatric Hematology Oncology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel.
I BenditDivision of Hematology and Hemotherapy, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
K BorgDepartment of Diagnostic Hematology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
H CavéDepartment of Genetic Biochemistry, Hopital Robert Debré, Paris, France.
L EliaDepartment of Hematology, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
S C ReshmiInstitute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
G GerrardImperial Molecular Pathology, Centre for Hematology, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4614-227X
S HayetteLaboratory of Molecular Biology and UMR5239, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Pierre Bénite, Lyon, France.
M HermansonDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
A JuhDivision of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
T JurcekDepartment of Internal Medicine-Hematology and Oncology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
M C ChillónDepartment of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (IBSAL) & Cancer Research Centre-IBMCC, (Salamanca University-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain.
C HomburgDepartment of Experimental Immunhematology/Immuncytology, Sanquin Diagnostics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
G MartinelliIstituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST) IRCCS, Meldola, Italy.
V KairistoTYKSLAB, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.
T LangeAbteilung für Hämatologie und internistische Onkologie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
T LionChildrens Cancer Research Institute, Labdia Labordiagnostik and Medical University, Vienna, Austria.
M C MuellerIII. Medizinische Klinik, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.
F PaneAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II di Napoli Università, Naples, Italy.
L RaiDepartment of Hematology, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
C Damm-WelkDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.
T SachaHematology Department, Jagiellonain University Krakow, Krakow, Poland.
S SchnittgerMLL Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Max-Lebsche-Platz 31, Munich, Germany.
T TouloumenidouHematology Department and HCT Unit, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
H ValerhaugenDepartment of Pathology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
P VandenbergheCenter for Human Genetics, University Hospital Leuven and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
J ZunaCLIP, Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and UH Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
H ServeDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany.
E HerrmannInstitut für Biostatistik und Mathematische Modellierung, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
S MarkovicDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany.
J J M van DongenDepartment of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University, Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
O G OttmannSchool of Medicine, Division of Cancer and Hematology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Goethe University Frankfurt · DEBirmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust · GBCardiff University · GBCharles University · CZDélégation Paris 7 · FRErasmus MC · NLFederico II University Hospital · ITG. Papanikolaou General Hospital · GRHeidelberg University · DEHôpital Robert-Debré · FRImperial College London · GBInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca · ESInstytut Hematologii i Transfuzjologi · PLIstituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori · ITJagiellonian University · PLJustus-Liebig-Universität Gießen · DEKU Leuven · BELeiden University · NLLeipzig University · DEMasaryk University · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minimal residual disease (MRD) is a powerful prognostic factor in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and is used for patient stratification and treatment decisions, but its precise role in Philadelphia chromosome positive ALL is less clear. This uncertainty results largely from methodological differences relating to the use of real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) to measure BCR-ABL1 transcript levels for MRD analysis. We here describe the first results by the EURO-MRD consortium on standardization of qRT-PCR for the e1a2 BCR-ABL1 transcript in Ph + ALL, designed to overcome the lack of standardisation of laboratory procedures and data interpretation. Standardised use of EAC primer/probe sets and of centrally prepared plasmid standards had the greatest impact on reducing interlaboratory variability. In QC1 the proportion of analyses with BCR-ABL1/ABL1 ratios within half a log difference were 40/67 (60%) and 52/67 (78%) at 10

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Philadelphia ChromosomePractice Guidelines as TopicConsensusFusion Proteins, bcr-ablHumansNeoplasm, ResidualPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerBCR-ABL1 fusion protein, humanFusion Proteins, bcr-ablRNA, Messenger

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PMID30858550
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