Cytogenetic follow-up by karyotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization: implications for monitoring patients with myelodysplastic syndrome and deletion 5q treated with lenalidomide

In patients with low and intermediate risk myelodysplastic syndrome and deletion 5q (del(5q)) treated with lenalidomide, monitoring of cytogenetic response is mandatory, since patients without cytogenetic response have a significantly increased risk of progression. Therefore, we have reviewed cytoge...

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Main Authors: Gudrun Göhring, Aristoteles Giagounidis, Guntram Büsche, Winfried Hofmann, Hans Heinrich Kreipe, Pierre Fenaux, Eva Hellström-Lindberg, Brigitte Schlegelberger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ferrata Storti Foundation 2011-02-01
Series:Haematologica
Online Access:https://haematologica.org/article/view/5882