MLL gene rearrangements in infant leukemia vary with age at diagnosis and selected demographic factors: A Children's Oncology Group (COG) study

Thien N. Sam; John H. Kersey; Amy M. Linabery; Kimberly J. Johnson; Nyla A. Heerema; Joanne M. Hilden; Stella M. Davies; Gregory H. Reaman; Julie A. Ross

doi:10.1002/pbc.23274

MLL gene rearrangements in infant leukemia vary with age at diagnosis and selected demographic factors: A Children's Oncology Group (COG) study

Thien N. Sam
, John H. Kersey
, Amy M. Linabery
, Kimberly J. Johnson
, Nyla A. Heerema
, Joanne M. Hilden
, Stella M. Davies
, Gregory H. Reaman
, Julie A. Ross

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Background: Infant leukemias have a high frequency of mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene rearrangements. Procedure: Using data from a large etiologic study, we evaluated the distribution of selected demographic factors among 374 infant leukemia cases by leukemic subtype, MLL status and diagnosis age. Results: Overall, 228 cases were MLL+. Compared to white infants, black infants were significantly less likely to have MLL+ leukemia. Further, there was a statistically significantly higher age at diagnosis for infants with t(9;11) translocations compared to all other translocation partners in both acute lymphoblastic leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia cases. Conclusion: These patterns may provide important etiological insight into the biology of infant leukemia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	836-839
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pediatric Blood and Cancer
Volume	58
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.23274
State	Published - Jun 2012

Keywords

Epidemiology
Infants
Leukemia
MLL

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MLL gene rearrangements in infant leukemia vary with age at diagnosis and selected demographic factors: A Children's Oncology Group (COG) study

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