Table 1.

Centrosome aberrations in acute myeloid leukemia are correlated to cytogenetic risk profile

AbnormalityTotal no.Median no. (range) of blasts with abnormal centrosomes in %
NumericalStructuralTotal
Healthy control subjects* 21 0.5 (0.0-2.0) 4.5 (1.0-7.0) 5.2 (1.0-8.4) 
AML patients (total) 48 10.8 (5.0-24.5) 24.0 (6.0-72.0) 35.8 (15.0-83.5) 
 Favorable risk 8.5 (3.5-16.0) 14.0 (9.0-20.0) 22.5 (16.0-32.0) 
  t(15;17) 10.5 20.0 30.5 
  t(8;21) 5.3 (3.5-7.0) 11.5 (9.0-14.0) 16.8 (16.0-17.5) 
  inv(16) 12.3 (8.5-16.0) 15.0 (14.0-16.0) 27.3 (22.5-32.0) 
 Intermediate risk 32 9.5 (5.0-17.5) 23.5 (6.0-68.0) 35.3 (15.0-76.0) 
  No abnormality 21 11.0 (5.0-17.5) 23.0 (6.0-68.0) 34.5 (15.0-76.0) 
  +4 12.0 31.0 43.0 
  +8 11.3 (7.5-15.0) 39.5 (36.0-43.0) 50.5 (50.0-51.0) 
  +9 9.5 55.0 64.5 
  +13 6.5 29.0 35.5  
  Only structural 8.0 (7.5-16.0) 22.0 (20.0-34.0) 33.0 (27.5-43.5) 
 Adverse risk 11 14.5 (9.5-24.5) 34.8 (20.0-72.0) 50.3 (36.0-83.5) 
  Complex 15.5 (9.5-18.0) 30.5 (25.0-72.0) 46.8 (38.0-83.5) 
  −5 24.5 22.0 46.5 
  −7 14.0 (10.5-14.5) 50.0 (38.0-67.0) 64.5 (52.0-77.5) 
  del(5q) 16.0 20.0 36.0 
AbnormalityTotal no.Median no. (range) of blasts with abnormal centrosomes in %
NumericalStructuralTotal
Healthy control subjects* 21 0.5 (0.0-2.0) 4.5 (1.0-7.0) 5.2 (1.0-8.4) 
AML patients (total) 48 10.8 (5.0-24.5) 24.0 (6.0-72.0) 35.8 (15.0-83.5) 
 Favorable risk 8.5 (3.5-16.0) 14.0 (9.0-20.0) 22.5 (16.0-32.0) 
  t(15;17) 10.5 20.0 30.5 
  t(8;21) 5.3 (3.5-7.0) 11.5 (9.0-14.0) 16.8 (16.0-17.5) 
  inv(16) 12.3 (8.5-16.0) 15.0 (14.0-16.0) 27.3 (22.5-32.0) 
 Intermediate risk 32 9.5 (5.0-17.5) 23.5 (6.0-68.0) 35.3 (15.0-76.0) 
  No abnormality 21 11.0 (5.0-17.5) 23.0 (6.0-68.0) 34.5 (15.0-76.0) 
  +4 12.0 31.0 43.0 
  +8 11.3 (7.5-15.0) 39.5 (36.0-43.0) 50.5 (50.0-51.0) 
  +9 9.5 55.0 64.5 
  +13 6.5 29.0 35.5  
  Only structural 8.0 (7.5-16.0) 22.0 (20.0-34.0) 33.0 (27.5-43.5) 
 Adverse risk 11 14.5 (9.5-24.5) 34.8 (20.0-72.0) 50.3 (36.0-83.5) 
  Complex 15.5 (9.5-18.0) 30.5 (25.0-72.0) 46.8 (38.0-83.5) 
  −5 24.5 22.0 46.5 
  −7 14.0 (10.5-14.5) 50.0 (38.0-67.0) 64.5 (52.0-77.5) 
  del(5q) 16.0 20.0 36.0 
*

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy volunteers were analyzed as controls.

Analogous to the MRC AML 10 trial, all AML patients with a specific abnormality were considered, irrespective of the presence of additional or secondary cytogenetic changes.

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