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Clinical Features and Treatment Outcome of Children With Myeloid Antigen Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Report From the Children's Cancer Group
Fatih M. Uckun,
Harland N. Sather,
Paul S. Gaynon,
Diane C. Arthur,
Michael E. Trigg,
David G. Tubergen,
James Nachman,
Peter G. Steinherz,
Martha G. Sensel, and
Gregory H. Reaman
From the Children's Cancer Group ALL Biology Reference Laboratory and Hughes Institute, St Paul, MN; the Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; the Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison; the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Iowa City; the Department of Pediatrics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL; the Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; the Department of Hematology-Oncology, Children's National Medical Center, and the George Washington University, Washington, DC; and the Group Operations Center of the Children's Cancer Group, Arcadia, CA.
Leukemic cells from a significant number of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) express protein antigens characteristic of both lymphoid and myeloid cells, yet the clinical significance of this immunophenotype has remained controversial. In the current study, we have determined relationships between myeloid antigen expression and treatment outcome in a large cohort of children with newly diagnosed ALL. A total of 1,557 children enrolled on risk-adjusted Children's Cancer Group studies were classified as myeloid antigen positive (My+) or myeloid antigen negative (My-) B-lineage ALL (BL) or T-lineage ALL (TL), according to expression of CD7, CD19, CD13, and CD33 antigens on the surface of their leukemic cells. My+ patients in both BL and TL groups were more likely than My- patients to have favorable presenting features. Induction therapy outcome was similar for My+ and My- patients in both the BL and TL categories. Importantly, 4-year event-free survival (EFS) was similar for My+ BL (77.0%, standard deviation [SD] = 4.0%) versus My- BL (75.9%, SD = 1.8%) and for My+ TL (72.7%, SD = 7.1%) versus My- TL (70.1%, SD = 5.7%). An overall relative hazard rate (RHR) of 0.89 (P = .49) was determined by a cross strata analysis for My+ versus My- patients. Moreover, similar EFS and RHR also were found when My+ and My- BL patients were compared according to National Cancer Institute risk classification. Thus, patients with My+ ALL have similar treatment outcomes as My- ALL patients. In contrast to previous studies, this result was independent of treatment risk category, demonstrating that myeloid antigen expression was not an adverse prognostic factor for childhood ALL.
Blood, Vol. 90 No. 1 (July 1), 1997:
pp. 28-35
© 1997 by The American Society of Hematology.

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