References
- BEN-YEHUDA, D., KRICHEVSKY, S., CASH, 0., RUND, D., POLLIACK, A., ABET TOVICH, D., ZET TG, 0., YAHALOM, V., PALTIEL, 0., OR, R., PERETZ, T., BEN-NERIAH, S., YEHUDA, 0. and RACHMILEWITZ, E. A., 1996, Microsatellite instability and p.53 mutations in therapy-related leukemia suggest mutator phenotype. Blood, 88, 4296–4303.
- BOULTON, E., CLEARY, H., PAPWORTH, D. and Prams, M., 2001, Susceptibility to radiation-induced leukaemia/lymphoma is genetically separable from sensitivity to radiation-induced genomic instability. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 77, 21–29.
- Cox, R. and EDWARDS, A. A., 2002, Comments on the paper: Microsatellite instability in acute myelocytic leukaemia developed from A-bomb survivorsand related cyto-genetic data [Letter to the Editor]. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 78, 443–445.
- DAs-GuvrA, E. P., SEEDHOUSE, C. H. and RUSSELL, N. H., 2001, Microsatellite instability occurs in defined subsets of patients with acute myeloblastic leukaemia. British Journal of Haematology, 114, 307–312.
- HORIIKE, S., MISAWA, S., KANEKO, H., SASAI, Y., KOBAYASHI, M., FUJII, H., TANAKA, S., YAorrA, M., ABE, T., KASHIMA, K. and TANIWAIU, M., 1999, Distinct genetic involvement of the 7P53 gene in therapy-related leukemia and myelodysplasia with chromosomal losses of Nos 5 and/ or 7 and its possible relationship to replication error phenotype. Leukemia, 13, 1235–1242.
- KADHIM, M. A., LORIMORE, S. A., HEPBURN, M. D., GOODHEAD, D. T., BUCKLE, V. J. and WRIGHT, E. G., 1994, cx-Particle-induced chromosomal instability in human bone marrow cells. Lancet, 344, 987–988.
- KADHIM, M. A., MACDONALD, D. A., GOODHEAD, D. T., LORIMORE, S. A., MARSDEN, S. J. and WRIGHT, E. G., 1992, Trans-mission of chromosomal instability after plutonium a-particle irradiation. Nature, 355, 738–740.
- LITTLE, M. P., 2002, Comments on the paper: Microsatellite instability in acute myelocytic leukaemia developed from A-bomb survivors [Letter to the Editor]. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 78, 441–443.
- NAKANISHI, M., TANAKA, K., TAKAHASHI, T., KYO, T., DOHY, H., FUJIWARA, M. and KAMADA, N., 2001, Microsatellite instability in acute myelocytic leukaemia developed from A-bomb survivors. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 77, 687–694.
- OLIPITZ, W., HOPFINGER, G., AGUIAR, R. C. T., GuNsiims, E., GIRSCHLKOFSKY, M., BODNER, C., HIDEN, K., LINKESCH, W., HOEFLER, G. and SiiL, H., 2002, Defective DNA-mismatch repair: a potential mediator of leukemogenic susceptibility in therapy-related myelodysplasia and leukemia. Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer, 34, 243–248.
- PIERCE, D. A., SHIMIZU, Y., PRESTON, D. L., VAETH, M. and MABucm, K., 1996, Studies of the mortality of atomic bomb survivors. Report 12, part I. Cancer: 1950-1990. Radiation Research, 146, 1–27.
- PLUMB, M., 2003, Comments on the paper: Microsatellite instability in acute myelocytic leukaemia developed from A-bomb survivorsa biological perspective [Letter to theEditor]. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 79, 367–370.
- PRESTON, D. L., KUSUMI, S., TOMONAGA, M., IZUMI, S., RON, E., KURAMOTO, A., KAmADA, N., DOHY, H., MATSU°, T., NONAKA, H., THOMPSON, D. E., SODA, M. and MABucm, K., 1994, Cancer incidence in atomic bomb survivors. Part III: leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma, 1950–1987. Radiation Research, 137, S68—S97.
- RIMSZA, L. M., KOPECKY, K. J., RUSCHULTE, J., CHEN, I.-M., SLOVAK, M. L., KARANEs, C., GODWIN, J., LIST, A. and WiiimAN, C. L., 2000, Microsatellite instability is not a defining feature of acute myeloid leukemogenesis in adults: results of a retrospective study of 132 patients and review of the literature. Leukemia, 14, 1044–1051.
- SHEIKHHA, M., TOBAL, K. and Liu YIN, J. A., 2002, High level of microsatellite instability but not hypermethylation of mismatch repair genes in therapy-related and secondary acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome. British Journal of Haematology, 117, 359–365.
- SILL, H., GOLDMAN, J. M. and CROSS, N. C. P., 1996, Rarity of microsatellite alterations in acute myeloid leukaemia. British Journal of Cancer, 74, 255–257.
- STATXACT TURBO VERSION 2.11, 1993 (Cambridge, MA: Cytel Software Corporation).
- TASAKA, T., LEE, S., SPIRA, S., TAKEUCHI, S., NAGAI, M., TAKAHARA, J. and KOEFFLER, H. P., 1997, Microsatellite instability during the progression of acute myelocytic leukaemia. British Journal of Haematology, 98, 219–221.
- WHELAN, A. J., BABB, S., MUTCH, D. G., RADER, J., HERZOG, T. J., TODD, C., IVANOVICH, J. L. and GOODFELLOW, P. J., 2002, MSI in endometrial carcinoma: absence of MLH1 promoter methylation is associated with increased familial risk for cancers. International Journal of Cancer, 99, 697–704.