TY - JOUR AU - Maximilian Merz, AU - Anna Jauch, AU - Thomas Hielscher, AU - Elias K. Mai, AU - Anja Seckinger, AU - Dirk Hose, AU - Uta Bertsch, AU - Kai Neben, AU - Marc S. Raab, AU - Hans Salwender, AU - Igor W. Blau, AU - Hans-Walter Lindemann, AU - Ingo Schmidt-Wolf, AU - Christof Scheid, AU - Mathias Haenel, AU - Katja Weisel, AU - Hartmut Goldschmidt, AU - Jens Hillengass, PY - 2017/07/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Longitudinal fluorescence in situ hybridization reveals cytogenetic evolution in myeloma relapsing after autologous transplantation JF - Haematologica JA - haematol VL - 102 IS - 8 SE - Articles DO - 10.3324/haematol.2017.168005 UR - https://haematologica.org/article/view/8163 SP - 1432-1438 AB - To investigate cytogenetic evolution after upfront autologous stem cell transplantation for newly diagnosed myeloma we retrospectively analyzed fluorescence in situ hybridization results of 128 patients with paired bone marrow samples from the time of primary diagnosis and at relapse. High-risk cytogenetic abnormalities (deletion 17p and/or gain 1q21) occurred more frequently after relapse (odds ratio: 6.33; 95% confidence interval: 1.86–33.42; P