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The 2016 revision to the World Health Organization classification of myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemia

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Arber, Daniel A., Orazi, Attilio, Hasserjian, Robert, Thiele, Jürgen, Borowitz, Michael J., Le Beau, Michelle M., Bloomfield, Clara D., Cazzola, Mario +1 more·2016·Blood

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The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues was last updated in 2008. Since then, there have been numerous advances in the identification of unique biomarkers associated with some myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemias, largely derived from gene expression analysis and next-generation sequencing that can significantly improve the diagnostic criteria as well as the prognostic relevance of entities currently included in the WHO classification and that also suggest new entities that should be added. Therefore, there is a clear need for a revision to the current classification. The revisions to the categories of myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemia will be published in a monograph in 2016 and reflect a consensus of opinion of hematopathologists, hematologists, oncologists, and geneticists. The 2016 edition represents a revision of the prior classification rather than an entirely new classification and attempts to incorporate new clinical, prognostic, morphologic, immunophenotypic, and genetic data that have emerged since the last edition. The major changes in the classification and their rationale are presented here.

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Arber, D. A., Orazi, A., Hasserjian, R., Thiele, J., Borowitz, M. J., Le Beau, M. M., Bloomfield, C. D., Cazzola, M., & Vardiman, J. W.
Affiliations
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
  • University of Cologne (DE)
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
  • Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL;
  • The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (US)
  • University of Pavia (IT)
  • University of Chicago (US)
Venue
Blood
Published
2016-05-19
Volume
127
Issue
20
Pages
2391-2405
ISSN
  • 0006-4971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1528-0020
OpenAlex
W2339658711
Cited by
10,119
References
139
Citations by year
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FWCI
145.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
erratum (2016-07-21)
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Locations
  • Blood (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Kölner Universitäts PublikationsServer (Universität zu Köln) (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Celgene
  • Incyte
  • Sysmex Corporation
  • Genentech
  • Takeda Oncology
  • Pharmacyclics
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
Keywords
WHO classification of hematologic neoplasms, myeloid neoplasms, acute leukemia, diagnostic criteria, prognostic factors, gene expression profiling, next-generation sequencing, immunophenotyping, morphological classification, new disease entity
MeSH terms
Down Syndrome, Eosinophilia, Humans, Leukemia, Myeloid, Mastocytosis, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myeloproliferative Disorders, World Health Organization, Oncogene Proteins, Fusion, Cell Lineage, Myeloid Cells, Genes, Neoplasm, Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

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