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Table 1 Results of Guthrie cards screening in patients with ALL

From: Prenatal origin of childhood AML occurs less frequently than in childhood ALL

Patient

Molecular marker

Detection sensitivity

% blasts at diagnosis

Age at diagnosis

Guthrie card

ALL1

Vd2

10-4

N.A.

2 y 8 mo

negative

 

VH3

10-5

  

negative

ALL2

VH3

10-4

50%

3 y 3 mo

negative

 

TEL/AML1

10-4-10-5

  

negative

ALL3

VgI

10-5

>55%

4 y 5 mo

positive

 

VkIA

10-4

  

negative

ALL4

Vd2

10-5

N.A.

3 y 6 mo

positive

 

VH3

10-4

  

positive

ALL5

VH3

10-5

70%

4 y

negative

ALL6

VH3

10-4

84%

1 y 8 mo

negative

 

VH1

10-5

  

negative

ALL7

VH1

10-5

83%

3 y 3 mo

negative

ALL8

VH3

10-4

79%

2 y 6 mo

negative

ALL9

VH3

10-4

89%

2 y 3 mo

negative

 

VH4

10-5

  

negative

ALL10

VgI

10-4

>30%

3 y 9 mo

negative

ALL11

TEL/AML1

10-4-10-5

80%

5 y 7 mo

negative

ALL12

TEL/AML1

10-5

77%

3 y 6 mo

positive