Leukemia and Lymphoma: Detection of Minimal Residual Disease

Leukemia and Lymphoma: Detection of Minimal Residual Disease
ISBN-10
1592593186
ISBN-13
9781592593187
Category
Medical
Pages
257
Language
English
Published
2002-10-21
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Theodore F. Zipf, Dennis A. Johnston

Description

In Leukemia and Lymphoma: Detection of Minimal Residual Disease, hands-on experts describe and discuss the minimal residual disease (MRD) methods they have successfully pioneered for leukemias and lymphomas. They apply reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) to acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), and acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). Other PCR methods are used for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and for the monitoring of follicular lymphoma. Additional chapters address the use of real-time quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR), the emergent method of choice, in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the evaluation of MRD techniques in clinical trials, and the application of flow cytometry techniques.

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