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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on June 26, 2003; DOI 10.1182/blood-2003-04-1128.

Submitted April 10, 2003
Accepted June 12, 2003
Outcome heterogeneity in childhood high hyperdiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Anthony V Moorman*, Sue M Richards, Mary Martineau, Kan Luk Cheung, Hazel M Robinson, Gholam R Jalali, Zoe J Broadfield, Rachel L Harris, Kerry E Taylor, Brenda E Gibson, Ian M Hann, Frank G Hill, Sally E Kinsey, Tim O Eden, Christopher D Mitchell, and Christine J Harrison
LRF Cytogenetics Group, Cancer Sciences Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Department of Haematology, Yorkhill NHS Trust, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Department of Haematology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Department of Haematology, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
St. James Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
Department of Haematology, Central Manchester and Manchester Children's University Hospitals Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
Department of Haematology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
* Corresponding author; email: avm{at}soton.ac.uk.
High hyperdiploidy (HeH) (51-65 chromosomes) is found in one third of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and is associated with a good prognosis. Cytogenetic features may further refine this prognosis and identify patients with a poor outcome. We examined the effect of sex, age, individual trisomies, modal number and structural abnormalities on survival, among 700 children with HeH. Univariate analysis showed that age, sex, +4, +10, +18 and a high modal number were associated with survival. Multivariate analysis however, revealed that only age, sex, +4 and +18 were independent indicators. Hazard scores for predicting relapse and mortality were constructed. Three risk groups with 5-year event-free survival (EFS) rates of 86%, 75% and 50% (p<0.0001) were identified. The high risk group comprised: boys aged >9 years, boys aged 1-9 years without +18 and girls >9 years without +18, while girls aged 1-9 years with +18 had the best EFS. In terms of mortality, those aged <10 years with both +4 and +18 had an improved survival (96% versus 84% at 5 years, p<0.0001). These findings confirm that the outcome of children with HeH is heterogeneous and that specific trisomies can identify patients with the greatest and least risk of treatment failure.

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