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This is a test used to differentiate [[AML]] from [[ALL]] using a stain which reacts to a particular type of leukemic cells. The stain causes the granules of most AML cells to appear as black spots under the microscope, but it does not cause ALL cells to change colors. | This is a test used to differentiate [[AML]] from [[ALL]] using a stain which reacts to a particular type of leukemic cells. The stain causes the granules of most AML cells to appear as black spots under the microscope, but it does not cause ALL cells to change colors. | ||
===Flow cytometry and Immunohistochemistry=== | |||
In these tests special antibodies are used to detect cancer cells and thus to differentiate [[AML]] from other leukemias. | |||
===PCR=== | |||
PCR is a highly sensitive DNA test used to recognize cancer cells. | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Other Diagnostic Tests
Fluorescent in situ hybridization
Because acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) has the highest curability and requires a unique form of treatment, it is important to quickly establish or exclude the diagnosis of this subtype of leukemia. Fluorescent in situ hybridization performed on blood or bone marrow is often used for this purpose, as it readily identifies the chromosomal translocation (t[15;17]) that characterizes APL.[1]
Cytochemistry
This is a test used to differentiate AML from ALL using a stain which reacts to a particular type of leukemic cells. The stain causes the granules of most AML cells to appear as black spots under the microscope, but it does not cause ALL cells to change colors.
Flow cytometry and Immunohistochemistry
In these tests special antibodies are used to detect cancer cells and thus to differentiate AML from other leukemias.
PCR
PCR is a highly sensitive DNA test used to recognize cancer cells.
References
- ↑ Grimwade D, Howe K, Langabeer S, Davies L, Oliver F, Walker H, Swirsky D, Wheatley K, Goldstone A, Burnett A, Solomon E (1996). "Establishing the presence of the t(15;17) in suspected acute promyelocytic leukaemia: cytogenetic, molecular and PML immunofluorescence assessment of patients entered into the M.R.C. ATRA trial. M.R.C. Adult Leukaemia Working Party". Br J Haematol. 94 (3): 557–73. PMID 8790159.