Flow cytometry in the diagnosis and prognosis of canine lymphoma and leukemia
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Abstract
Chapter one explores new markers of prognosis for canine lymphoma by using flow cytometry of lymph node aspirates. Data from one hundred and sixty dogs with confirmed multicentric B-cell lymphoma were used to test the hypothesis that poor patient outcome could be predicted by tumor cells expressing a low level of class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC), a large cell size on flow cytometry, and expression of stem cell antigen CD34. Poor outcome was defined by a reduced first remission time (FRT) and/or overall survival time (ST). In this two-part retrospective study, two-thirds of ...
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