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Sister chromatid exchange in lymphocytes from patients with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies were studied in peripheral lymphocytes from 16 patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) prior to the initiation of chemotherapy. The mean SCE frequency (\(\bar x\)±SE) for these patients was 12.2±0.2 per metaphase, which was significantly higher (P(0.001) than the mean SCE score for 14 agematched controls, 7.6±0.2. Five of these patients were studied again while they were receiving maintenance therapy consisting primarily of daily 6-mercaptopurine and weekly methotrexate. Their remission SCE levels remained significantly higher than controls (P(0.005). In addition, SCE levels were studied in 7 long-term survivors of ALL. Three of these patients had been receiving continuous maintenance therapy for at least 3 years. Their mean SCE scores were significantly greater than controls (P(0.005). The other 4 patients had finished their final course of chemotherapy at least 8 months prior to the time of sampling, and their mean SCE scores were not significantly different from controls (P>0.10). These data indicate that untreated patients with ALL have increased SCE levels which remain elevated during periods of remission maintained with chemotherapy. However, longterm survivors of ALL who are in remission and off chemotherapy do not demonstrate significantly increased SCE frequencies.

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  1. Department of Medical Genetics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 46223, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Marlene Otter & Catherine G. Palmer

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 46223, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Robert L. Baehner

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Otter, M., Palmer, C.G. & Baehner, R.L. Sister chromatid exchange in lymphocytes from patients with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Hum Genet 52, 185–192 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271572

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