AL Amyloidosis: The Effect of Fluorescent in Situ Hybridization Abnormalities on Organ Involvement and Survival

Key Information
Source
Cancer Medicine
Year
2020
summary/abstract

Systemic light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a clonal plasma-cell neoplasm that carries a poor prognosis. Although AL amyloidosis and Multiple Myeloma (MM) can co-exist and share various cytogenetic chromosomal abnormalities, little is known about Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and its prognostic relevance in AL amyloidosis. The study aims to evaluate the most prevalent FISH cytogenetic abnormalities in AL patients as independent prognostic factors, and assess the impact of cytogenetics on the survival of high-risk cardiac AL patients. Our findings ultimately reveal the association of hyperdiploidy on survival in AL amyloidosis patients, including the high-risk cardiac AL population.

Abstract Source
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cam4.3683
DOI
10.1002/cam4.3683
Authors
Michael Ozga, Qiuhong Zhao, Don Benson Jr., Patrick Elder, et al.
Organisation
The Ohio State University, USA