Rationale for the recommendations for harmonizing current methodology for detecting BCR-ABL transcripts in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia

S Branford, NCP Cross, A Hochhaus, J Radich… - Leukemia, 2006 - nature.com
Molecular monitoring for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) has become an
important practice in the era of imatinib therapy. For successful widespread introduction into …

Real-time quantification of different types of bcr-abl transcript in chronic myeloid leukemia

M Amabile, B Giannini, N Testoni, V Montefusco… - …, 2001 - haematologica.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The most common translocation in chronic myeloid
leukemia (CML) t (9; 22)(q34; q22) produces the BCR/ABL fusion gene. We set up and …

Development of an Integrated Assay for Detection of BCR-ABL RNA

ES Winn-Deen, B Helton, R Van Atta, W Wong… - Clinical …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background: Current practice guidelines for managing patients with chronic myelogenous
leukemia (CML) call for monitoring BCR-ABL transcript concentrations with a quantitative …

Detection of BCR-ABL transcripts in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) using a 'real time'quantitative RT-PCR assay

C Preudhomme, F Revillion, A Merlat, L Hornez… - Leukemia, 1999 - nature.com
Quantitative competitive RT-PCR techniques have been developed to detect BCR-ABL
fusion transcripts in CML but they are hardly reproducible. In this work, we have developed …

Standardisation of molecular monitoring for chronic myeloid leukaemia

NCP Cross - Best practice & research Clinical haematology, 2009 - Elsevier
Molecular monitoring of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients by real time quantitative
reverse transcriptase PCR (RQ-PCR) is of clinical value, but the use of diverse laboratory …

Desirable performance characteristics for BCR-ABL measurement on an international reporting scale to allow consistent interpretation of individual patient response …

S Branford, L Fletcher, NCP Cross… - Blood, The Journal …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
An international basis for comparison of BCR-ABL mRNA levels is required for the common
interpretation of data derived from individual laboratories. This will aid clinical decisions for …

Molecular monitoring of chronic myeloid leukemia: principles and interlaboratory standardization

NCP Cross, A Hochhaus, MC Müller - Annals of hematology, 2015 - Springer
Serial quantification of BCR-ABL1 messenger RNA (mRNA) is an important therapeutic
indicator for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, but historically, there has been …

Harmonization of molecular monitoring of CML therapy in Europe

MC Müller, NCP Cross, P Erben, T Schenk, B Hanfstein… - Leukemia, 2009 - nature.com
The high efficacy of the standard treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with imatinib
has prompted the need for accurate methods to monitor response at levels below the …

Establishment of the first World Health Organization International Genetic Reference Panel for quantitation of BCR-ABL mRNA

HE White, P Matejtschuk, P Rigsby… - Blood, The Journal …, 2010 - ashpublications.org
Serial quantitation of BCR-ABL mRNA levels is an important indicator of therapeutic
response for patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia and Philadelphia chromosome …

Inter-laboratory comparison of chronic myeloid leukemia minimal residual disease monitoring: summary and recommendations

T Zhang, S Grenier, B Nwachukwu, C Wei… - The Journal of Molecular …, 2007 - Elsevier
In patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, the use of real-time quantitative reverse
transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) for measuring BCR-ABL1 transcripts …