Acute Leukemias VI Prognostic Factors and Treatment Strategies [Paperback]

Leukemia Cell Biology: Cytogenetics.- Chromosome Translocations Play a Key Role in Leukemogenesis with an Introduction by F. Lampert.- Fifty-nine Cases of Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Inversion inv(16)(pl3q22): Do Additional Chromosomal Aberrations Influence Prognosis?.- Chromosome Abnormalities and Karyotype Evolution in the Stem Cell Compartments of AML and MDS.- Karyotypic Abnormalities in Secondary Leukemia of Children.- Deletion of Chromosome 6p as Primary Karyotypic Anomaly in Secondary Acute Nonlymphocytic Leukemia.- Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis of 7q Abnormalities in Acute Leukemia.- Unusual Karyotype 46, XX, inv(8)(p21q24), del(20)(q11q13) in a Case of Acute Leukemia M6 in a Child.- Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia M2 with the 8;12 Translocation Associated with Granulocytic Sarcoma.- Cytogenetic Subgroups in Childhood Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia at the Schneider Childrens Medical Center of Israel.- FISH Analysis in Acute Leukemia with Initially Abnormal Karyotypes and Normal Karyotypes in Relapse.- Cytogenetic Findings of Acute Leukemias in the Ukraine.- Detection of Minimal Tumor Cell Populations by FICTION.- Leukemia Cell Biology: Molecular Biology.- A Cloning Strategy to Identify Genes that Functionally Interact with Bcr-Abl for Transformation.- Biology and Detection of t(4;11) Leukemias.- Homozygous Deletion of the p16 Gene in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.- CDKN2 Deletions in Leukemia-Derived Cell Lines: Detection by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization with Interphase Cells.- Diversity of the TcR-d Gene Rearrangements Indicates Subclone Formation in Acute B Cell Precursor Leukemias.- Molecular Genetic Detection of Chromosomal Abnormalities at 11q23 in Patients with De Novo and Secondary Acute Leukemia.- Sequence Analysis of the GAP-Related Domain of the NF1-Gene and All Three RAS Protooncogenes in Patients with Secondary Acute Leukemia.- Molecular Genetic Screening of Children with Acute Leukemia by RT-PCR.- Detection of the Wilms Tumor Gene (wt-1lS0