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Diagnostic Accuracy of Flow Cytometric DNA Index in Saudi Children with B Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
- Source :
- Children; Aug2023, Vol. 10 Issue 8, p1299, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- B cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (B-ALL) is one of the most common types of cancer diagnosed in children in Saudi Arabia. Cytogenetic investigations, including karyotyping and FISH, are used to determine the incidence and prognostic significance of chromosomal abnormalities in B-ALL. However, in ALL, accurate identification of the morphology of chromosomes is sometimes not achieved. Flow cytometric DI may have the advantage of being technically fast, using either fresh or frozen samples to correctly stratify the patient into the appropriate risk group for treatment. In this study, we evaluated the reliability and validity of using fixed samples instead of fresh samples to determine aneuploidy in cancer cells using a DNA index. The results of the DNA index obtained by flow cytometry were compared with those of conventional cytogenetic analysis to validate the accuracy. Fixed samples (n = 72) from children diagnosed with B-ALL at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh between 2017 and 2019 were investigated. The results showed strong and statistically significant positive correlation between DNAI-FCM and conventional cytogenetic analysis (p = 0.000 < 0.01). The DNA index value by flow cytometry was proportional to the cytogenetic study in 94.36% (67) of the cases, while discrepancy was observed in 5.6% (four) cases. Our findings highlight the ability of the DNA index method to provide complementary information for the accurate diagnosis of aneuploidy in patients with B-ALL. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemia diagnosis
DNA analysis
FLOW cytometry
INFERENTIAL statistics
PREDICTIVE tests
RESEARCH evaluation
B cell lymphoma
KARYOTYPES
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
FLUORESCENCE in situ hybridization
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
CYTOGENETICS
DATA analysis software
CHILDREN
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279067
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Children
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 170738572
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children10081299