Abstract

Immunophenotyping of Acute Leukemias: Insight into Prognosis since the Outset

Highlights

  • An accurate estimation of prognosis is a basic principle of modern treatment of acute leukemia (AL)

  • A proper and early definition of the probability of outcome allows the modulation of treatment strategy, including chemotherapy and/or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) [1,2]

  • The phenotype provides an important clinical information since this disease has a dismal outcome with chemotherapy consolidation and allogeneic HSCT seems to provide better chances of cure [13]

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Summary

Open Access

Francesco Mannelli* Dipartimento di MedicinaSperimentale e Clinica, Università di Firenze, and IstitutoToscanoTumori, Italy.

Introduction
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
Neoplasm of Precursors of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells
Early Assessment of Response
Concluding Remarks

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