PMID- 29971938 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190219 LR - 20190320 IS - 1751-553X (Electronic) IS - 1751-5521 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 1 DP - 2019 Feb TI - Recent advances in cytogenetic characterization of multiple myeloma. PG - 5-14 LID - 10.1111/ijlh.12882 [doi] AB - The detection of cytogenetic abnormalities in multiple myeloma (MM) has received more importance over last years for risk stratification and the new risk-adapted treatment strategies. Conventional G-banding analysis should be included in a routine procedure for the initial diagnostic workup for patients suspected of MM. However, the detection of chromosomal abnormalities in MM by conventional cytogenetics is limited owing to the low proliferative activity of malignant plasma cells as well as the low number of plasma cells in bone marrow specimens. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) or microarray-based technologies can overcome some of those drawbacks and detect specific target arrangements as well as chromosomal copy number changes. In this review, we will discuss different cytogenetic approaches and compare their strength and weakness to provide genetic information for risk stratification and prediction of outcome in MM patients. CI - (c) 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Saxe, Debra AU - Saxe D AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. FAU - Seo, Eul-Ju AU - Seo EJ AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Bergeron, Melanie Beaulieu AU - Bergeron MB AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. AD - Department of Genetics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, ON, Canada. FAU - Han, Jin-Yeong AU - Han JY AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0280-2739 AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. LA - eng GR - Dong-A University/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20180703 PL - England TA - Int J Lab Hematol JT - International journal of laboratory hematology JID - 101300213 SB - IM MH - Chromosome Aberrations MH - Cytogenetics/*methods MH - Humans MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Multiple Myeloma/*genetics MH - Risk Assessment MH - Tissue Array Analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - chromosome abnormalities OT - cytogenetics OT - fluorescence in situ hybridization OT - microarray OT - multiple myeloma EDAT- 2018/07/05 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/21 06:00 CRDT- 2018/07/05 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/06/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/07/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/07/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/ijlh.12882 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Lab Hematol. 2019 Feb;41(1):5-14. doi: 10.1111/ijlh.12882. Epub 2018 Jul 3.