Prognostic implications of additional genomic lesions in adult Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia
To shed light into the molecular basis of Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia and to investigate the prognostic role of additional genomic lesions, we analyzed copy number aberrations using the Cytoscan HD Array in 116 newly diagnosed adult Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients enrolled in four different GIMEMA protocols, all based on a chemotherapy-free induction strategy. This analysis showed that Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients carry 7.8 lesions/case on average, with deletions outnumbering gains (88% vs 12%).