Institutional performance in application of the FAB classification of acute leukemia. The southwest oncology group experience

Institutional performance in application of the French‐American‐British (FAB) classification of acute leukemia in The Southwest Oncology Group is presented, demonstrating a disparity between institutional and expert performance. A significant improvement is shown with an educational effort coupled w...

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Published in:Cancer 1985-05, Vol.55 (9), p.1979-1986
Main Authors: Head, David R., Craven, Catherine M., Cerezo, Lizardo, Savage, Richard A., Bickers, John N., Hartsock, Robert, Hosty, Thomas A., Saiki, John H., Wilson, Henry E., Morrison, Francis S., Coltman, Charles A., Hutton, John J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Biological and medical sciences
Education, Medical, Continuing
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Histocytochemistry
Humans
Leukemia - classification
Leukemia, Lymphoid - classification
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute - classification
Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis
Medical Oncology - education
Medical sciences
Pathology - education
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Summary:Institutional performance in application of the French‐American‐British (FAB) classification of acute leukemia in The Southwest Oncology Group is presented, demonstrating a disparity between institutional and expert performance. A significant improvement is shown with an educational effort coupled with experience in use of the classification, and the importance of cytochemistry in the use of the classification is illustrated. A simplification of the classification, merging M1, M2, and M4 as M7, is proposed. This simplification improves institutional performance in use of the classification, while preserving distinctions that appear clinically important.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/1097-0142(19850501)55:9<1979::AID-CNCR2820550925>3.0.CO;2-#