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ArticleVeterinary sciences2024

Prognostic Utility of the Flow Cytometry and Clonality Analysis Results for Feline Lymphomas.

Sheena Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Josephine Tsang, Qi-Jing Yap, Stanley Park, Jerry Cromarty, Deanna Swartzfager, Kevin Choy, Sungwon Lim, Jamin Koo and 1 more

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2024. 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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11 authors.

Sheena KapoorImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Sushmita SenImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Josephine TsangImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Qi-Jing YapImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Stanley ParkImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Jerry CromartyImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Deanna SwartzfagerImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Kevin ChoyBluePearl Pet Hospital, Kirkland, WA 98034, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4751-6082
Sungwon LimImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4045-6478
Jamin KooImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Ilona HolcombImpriMed, Inc., 1130 Independence Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Feline lymphoma, a prevalent cancer in cats, exhibits varied prognoses influenced by anatomical site and cellular characteristics. In this study, we investigated the utility of flow cytometry and clonality analysis via PCR for antigen receptor rearrangement (PARR) with respect to characterizing the disease and predicting prognosis. For this purpose, we received fine needle aspirates and/or blood from 438 feline patients, which were subjected to flow cytometry analysis and PARR. We used a subset of the results from patients with confirmed B- or T-cell lymphomas for comparison to cytological or histological evaluation (n = 53). Using them as a training set, we identified the optimal set of flow cytometry parameters, namely forward scatter thresholds, for cell size categorization by correlating with cytology-defined sizes. Concordance with cytological sizing among this training set was 82%. Furthermore, 90% concordance was observed when the proposed cell sizing was tested on an independent test set (n = 24), underscoring the reliability of the proposed approach. Additionally, lymphoma subtypes defined by flow cytometry and PARR demonstrated significant survival differences, validating the prognostic utility of these methods. The proposed methodology achieves high concordance with cytological evaluations and provides an additional tool for the characterization and management of feline lymphoproliferative diseases.

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clonalityfeline lymphomaflow cytometryoncologyprognosis

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PMID39195785
PMCPMC11360694

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