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SUBMITTER: Shah V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533595 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shah Vallari V Johnson David C DC Sherborne Amy L AL Ellis Sidra S Aldridge Frances M FM Howard-Reeves Julie J Begum Farzana F Price Amy A Kendall Jack J Chiecchio Laura L Savola Suvi S Jenner Matthew W MW Drayson Mark T MT Owen Roger G RG Gregory Walter M WM Morgan Gareth J GJ Davies Faith E FE Houlston Richard S RS Cook Gordon G Cairns David A DA Jackson Graham G Kaiser Martin F MF
Blood 20181029 23
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a genetically heterogeneous cancer of bone marrow plasma cells with variable outcome. To assess the prognostic relevance of clonal heterogeneity of <i>TP53</i> copy number, we profiled tumors from 1777 newly diagnosed Myeloma XI trial patients with multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA). Subclonal <i>TP53</i> deletions were independently associated with shorter overall survival, with a hazard ratio of 1.8 (95% confidence interval, 1.2-2.8; <i>P</i> = .01 ...[more]