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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia after tandem autologous stem cell transplantations for multiple myeloma

Leukemia volume 19, pages 299–301 (2005)Cite this article

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We read with interest the paper by Madan et al1 reporting a patient with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM) that terminated in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The authors postulated that the two diseases arose from the same clone and that the WM had evolved into the ALL. We would like to present our experience with a patient with multiple myeloma (MM) who developed ALL 3 years after tandem autologous stem cell transplantations (ASCT).

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  1. Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    L G Lau

  2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

    L K Tan & T C Liu

  3. Molecular Diagnosis Centre, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore

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Lau, L., Tan, L., Koay, E. et al. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia after tandem autologous stem cell transplantations for multiple myeloma. Leukemia 19, 299–301 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2403587

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