RE: ACUTE LEUKEMIA SCREEN

ric thorpe (ric_thorpe@ccmail.llu.edu)
Fri, 28 Jul 95 15:56:55 PST

This is a (belated) reply to Joy Mundy who works in the IMVS
Immuno-Haematology Diagnostic Laboratory, Australia. The original
inquiry from Joy Mundy was posted on 5/24/95, regarding unique cell
marker combinations for malignant cell populations.

I recently attended a most excellent lecture by Carleton C. Stewart,
PhD, of Roswell Memorial Hospital in New York. He spoke to the above
issue at the recent AACLS conference (Anaheim, California, USA, July
18). He specifically addressed detection and monitoring of leukemias
and lymphomas, and early detection of relapse etc. in terms of
"multi-dimensional space" using multi-color flow analysis.

I don't have an exact address for Dr. Stewart, I don't even know if he
has Email. (Perhaps someone else "listening" to this could provide an
address.) If your question is still open, you might want to get his
unique perspective on this issue.


Ric Thorpe
Loma Linda Immunology Center