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Leukemia diagnostics comprises the combined application of different methodologies in a standardized fashion, allowing the precise diagnosis, subclassification, and determination of prognostic parameters.
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The diagnosis of leukemias today is based on a comprehensive approach applying a variety of different methods in combination. While cytomorphology and cytochemistry have been the mainstay of diagnostics for decades and have been used to differentiate between acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), the current up-to-date approach includes immunophenotyping/Multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC) as well as cytogenetics and molecular genetics to correctly diagnose and subclassify leukemias.
Multiparameter flow cytometry (MFC) is used for immunophenotyping of the leukemic cells which is essential particularly to diagnose...
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Kern, W., Haferlach, T., Haferlach, C., Schnittger, S. (2011). Leukemia Diagnostics. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_3323
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