About this course

Flow cytometry helps in diagnosis, lineage assignment, prognostication, and post-therapeutic monitoring of acute leukemia (AL). This e-learning module by Dr. Brent Wood elaborates on immunophenotypic changes that help identify abnormalities in maturation, a characteristic presentation of AL. Dr. Wood is currently Professor & Director of the Hematopathology Laboratory, Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles. He is well-known for his contribution to optimizing 9 and 10 color flow cytometry for identification of minimal residual disease in ALL and AML.

Learning outcomes

• Understand the role of flow cytometry in the diagnosis of AL
• Identify normal maturational patterns using flow cytometry
• Enumerate and differentiate subtypes of AL by identifying the underlying immunophenotypic abnormalities

Topics covered

• Diagnosis and classification of AL (blast enumeration and lineage assignment)
• Presentation of different subtypes of AL
• Differentiation between normal and neoplastic cell populations
• Identification of immunophenotypic abnormalities

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