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Review
. 2020 Jun:42 Suppl 1:75-81.
doi: 10.1111/ijlh.13173. Epub 2020 Mar 2.

Genetic predisposition in acute leukaemia

Meredith Wiggins  1 , William Stevenson  1
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Review

Genetic predisposition in acute leukaemia

Meredith Wiggins et al. Int J Lab Hematol. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

A small but important proportion of patients with myelodysplasia (MDS) and acute leukaemia (AL) have underlying germline mutations in leukaemia susceptibility genes. The majority of these variants predispose to myeloid neoplasms with a smaller number associated with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The 2016 revision of the WHO classification of tumours of haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues has defined a number of myeloid neoplasms with germline predisposition (Blood, 127, 2016, 2391) alerting clinicians to the importance of this underlying diagnosis. Advances in genetic technology and access to testing will undoubtably result in increased numbers of patients and families with leukaemia predisposition syndromes being identified. Here we summarize the salient biology and genetic and clinical features of a number of these conditions including some more recently described genetic variants.

Keywords: acute leukaemias; genetics.

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