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Care of the Adult Patient with Down Syndrome
sma.orgLeukemia occurs with high frequency in the Down syn-drome population.30,45 The most common types are acute lym-phocytic leukemia and myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome. With acute lymphocytic leukemia, the presentation and course ofdiseasearesimilar tothatofthegeneral population;however, with myeloid leukemia of Down syndrome, the counterparts
Chapter 1 Overview of Hematologic Malignancies
www.ons.orgleukemia, chronic myeloid leukemia, acute lym-phocytic leukemia, and acute myeloid leuke-mia. These four subtypes continue to be used as the basis for our understanding of these diseas-es. However, it is now known that leukemia com - prises a variety of hematopoietic neoplasms that are both complex and unique. Each subtype can
Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) - Leukemia & Lymphoma …
www.lls.orgChronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) • MRD is detected through PCR. • PCR can detect the Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome which is found in 95 percent of all CML patients. • PCR can detect one Ph+ CML cell among one million normal cells. • MRD monitoring helps predict treatment resistance and guide the course of treatment.