ArticleInternational journal of laboratory hematology2025
A Single-Center Retrospective Study of the Investigation of Monoclonal B-Cell Lymphocytosis (MBL) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in Southwestern Ontario: Are We Over-Investigating?
Article in International journal of laboratory hematology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- A Single-Center Retrospective Study of the Investigation of Monoclonal B-Cell Lymphocytosis (MBL) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in Southwestern Ontario: Are We Over-Investigating?International journal of laboratory hematology · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
introductionMonoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) is a common cause of lymphocytosis in older individuals. Although cytogenetic/molecular testing is usually reserved for patients requiring treatment, recent studies suggest that early testing may have a prognostic benefit in MBL and early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We evaluated local practices of expanded diagnostics in the MBL/CLL population to assess (1) adherence to international workshop on CLL (iwCLL) guidelines with respect to additional cytogenetic testing and (2) anticipated costs of expanded diagnostic testing.
methodsA retrospective chart review was conducted on all patients who underwent flow cytometry testing at our center for a suspected hematologic disorder between 2016 and 2021. Patients were subdivided into CLL, high-count MBL, and low-count MBL, and cytogenetic/molecular testing numbers were calculated as well as associated costs.
resultsOf 974 patients who underwent flow cytometry testing, 100 had CLL, 49 had high-count MBL, and 5 had low-count MBL. Cytogenetic testing was performed in 54/100 CLL, 2/49 high-count MBL, and 0/5 low-count MBL patients. Most testing occurred in symptomatic CLL patients (38/54) especially after the 2018 iwCLL guideline changes. The estimated cost of cytogenetic testing for the 56 patients tested was $27 600. Expanding testing to all patients would have incurred an additional $87 900 during the study period.
conclusionThis retrospective study shows high adherence to iwCLL guidelines for the investigation of early-stage CLL/MBL, especially after the 2018 guideline changes. Future studies are needed to weigh the benefits of improved prognostication against resources/costs required by expanded cytogenetics/molecular testing in these common hematologic conditions.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.