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==Primary Author(s)*==
Mark G. Evans, MD, University of California, Irvine

Fabiola Quintero-Rivera, MD, University of California, Irvine

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==Cancer Category/Type==
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

==Cancer Sub-Classification / Subtype==
B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-like

==Definition / Description of Disease==
In 2009, a high-risk subgroup of B-ALL was identified in children, adolescents, and young adults<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Den Boer|first=Monique L.|last2=van Slegtenhorst|first2=Marjon|last3=De Menezes|first3=Renée X.|last4=Cheok|first4=Meyling H.|last5=Buijs-Gladdines|first5=Jessica G. C. A. M.|last6=Peters|first6=Susan T. C. J. M.|last7=Van Zutven|first7=Laura J. C. M.|last8=Beverloo|first8=H. Berna|last9=Van der Spek|first9=Peter J.|date=2009|title=A subtype of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with poor treatment outcome: a genome-wide classification study|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19138562|journal=The Lancet. Oncology|volume=10|issue=2|pages=125–134|doi=10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70339-5|issn=1474-5488|pmc=2707020|pmid=19138562}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Mullighan|first=Charles G.|last2=Su|first2=Xiaoping|last3=Zhang|first3=Jinghui|last4=Radtke|first4=Ina|last5=Phillips|first5=Letha A. A.|last6=Miller|first6=Christopher B.|last7=Ma|first7=Jing|last8=Liu|first8=Wei|last9=Cheng|first9=Cheng|date=2009|title=Deletion of IKZF1 and prognosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19129520|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|volume=360|issue=5|pages=470–480|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa0808253|issn=1533-4406|pmc=2674612|pmid=19129520}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Roberts|first=Kathryn G.|last2=Morin|first2=Ryan D.|last3=Zhang|first3=Jinghui|last4=Hirst|first4=Martin|last5=Zhao|first5=Yongjun|last6=Su|first6=Xiaoping|last7=Chen|first7=Shann-Ching|last8=Payne-Turner|first8=Debbie|last9=Churchman|first9=Michelle L.|date=2012|title=Genetic alterations activating kinase and cytokine receptor signaling in high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22897847|journal=Cancer Cell|volume=22|issue=2|pages=153–166|doi=10.1016/j.ccr.2012.06.005|issn=1878-3686|pmc=3422513|pmid=22897847}}</ref>. The genetic expression is similar to that of BCR-ABL1-positive cases, but without t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2). Instead, BCR-ABL-1-like B-ALL is a genetically heterogenous disease, often with alterations activating cytokine receptors and tyrosine kinases. Several genetic expression profiles were initially utilized to recognize cases<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />, however, different profiles did not always identify the same patients<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Boer|first=Judith M.|last2=Marchante|first2=João R. M.|last3=Evans|first3=William E.|last4=Horstmann|first4=Martin A.|last5=Escherich|first5=Gabriele|last6=Pieters|first6=Rob|last7=Den Boer|first7=Monique L.|date=2015|title=BCR-ABL1-like cases in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a comparison between DCOG/Erasmus MC and COG/St. Jude signatures|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26045294|journal=Haematologica|volume=100|issue=9|pages=e354–357|doi=10.3324/haematol.2015.124941|issn=1592-8721|pmc=4800707|pmid=26045294}}</ref>. Although emerging data advocates the therapeutic use of tyrosine kinase or JAK inhibitors in this disease process, BCR-ABL-like B-ALL is often associated with very high rates of relapse and poor overall survival; thus proper diagnosis is essential<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Roberts|first=Kathryn G.|last2=Reshmi|first2=Shalini C.|last3=Harvey|first3=Richard C.|last4=Chen|first4=I.-Ming|last5=Patel|first5=Kinnari|last6=Stonerock|first6=Eileen|last7=Jenkins|first7=Heather|last8=Dai|first8=Yunfeng|last9=Valentine|first9=Marc|date=2018|title=Genomic and outcome analyses of Ph-like ALL in NCI standard-risk patients: a report from the Children's Oncology Group|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29997224|journal=Blood|volume=132|issue=8|pages=815–824|doi=10.1182/blood-2018-04-841676|issn=1528-0020|pmc=6107876|pmid=29997224}}</ref>.

==Synonyms / Terminology==
Ph-like B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma

==Epidemiology / Prevalence==

*Ph-like ALL comprises up to 15% of childhood B-ALL, and 20 to 25% in adolescents and young adults<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=Roberts|first=Kathryn G.|last2=Li|first2=Yongjin|last3=Payne-Turner|first3=Debbie|last4=Harvey|first4=Richard C.|last5=Yang|first5=Yung-Li|last6=Pei|first6=Deqing|last7=McCastlain|first7=Kelly|last8=Ding|first8=Li|last9=Lu|first9=Charles|date=2014|title=Targetable kinase-activating lesions in Ph-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25207766|journal=The New England Journal of Medicine|volume=371|issue=11|pages=1005–1015|doi=10.1056/NEJMoa1403088|issn=1533-4406|pmc=4191900|pmid=25207766}}</ref>.
*The incidence in adult patients is controversial—from 13-17% to up to 33% in some reports<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Boer|first=Judith M.|last2=Koenders|first2=Jasper E.|last3=van der Holt|first3=Bronno|last4=Exalto|first4=Carla|last5=Sanders|first5=Mathijs A.|last6=Cornelissen|first6=Jan J.|last7=Valk|first7=Peter J. M.|last8=den Boer|first8=Monique L.|last9=Rijneveld|first9=Anita W.|date=2015|title=Expression profiling of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia identifies a BCR-ABL1-like subgroup characterized by high non-response and relapse rates|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25769542|journal=Haematologica|volume=100|issue=7|pages=e261–264|doi=10.3324/haematol.2014.117424|issn=1592-8721|pmc=4486237|pmid=25769542}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=Herold|first=Tobias|last2=Schneider|first2=Stephanie|last3=Metzeler|first3=Klaus H.|last4=Neumann|first4=Martin|last5=Hartmann|first5=Luise|last6=Roberts|first6=Kathryn G.|last7=Konstandin|first7=Nikola P.|last8=Greif|first8=Philipp A.|last9=Bräundl|first9=Kathrin|date=2017|title=Adults with Philadelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia frequently have IGH-CRLF2 and JAK2 mutations, persistence of minimal residual disease and poor prognosis|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27561722|journal=Haematologica|volume=102|issue=1|pages=130–138|doi=10.3324/haematol.2015.136366|issn=1592-8721|pmc=5210243|pmid=27561722}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite journal|last=Jain|first=Nitin|last2=Roberts|first2=Kathryn G.|last3=Jabbour|first3=Elias|last4=Patel|first4=Keyur|last5=Eterovic|first5=Agda Karina|last6=Chen|first6=Ken|last7=Zweidler-McKay|first7=Patrick|last8=Lu|first8=Xinyan|last9=Fawcett|first9=Gloria|date=2017|title=Ph-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a high-risk subtype in adults|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27919910|journal=Blood|volume=129|issue=5|pages=572–581|doi=10.1182/blood-2016-07-726588|issn=1528-0020|pmc=5290985|pmid=27919910}}</ref>.
*Higher rates of disease are observed in Hispanic and Native-American populations, and among children with Down syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Harvey|first=Richard C.|last2=Mullighan|first2=Charles G.|last3=Chen|first3=I.-Ming|last4=Wharton|first4=Walker|last5=Mikhail|first5=Fady M.|last6=Carroll|first6=Andrew J.|last7=Kang|first7=Huining|last8=Liu|first8=Wei|last9=Dobbin|first9=Kevin K.|date=2010|title=Rearrangement of CRLF2 is associated with mutation of JAK kinases, alteration of IKZF1, Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, and a poor outcome in pediatric B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20139093|journal=Blood|volume=115|issue=26|pages=5312–5321|doi=10.1182/blood-2009-09-245944|issn=1528-0020|pmc=2902132|pmid=20139093}}</ref>.

==Clinical Features==
The presenting symptoms are similar to those of other ALL patients, with the exception of potentially higher white blood cell counts<ref name=":2">Borowitz MJ, et al., (2017). B-lymphoblastic leukaemia/lymphoma with recurrent genetic abnormalities, in World Health Organization Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues, Revised 4th edition. Swerdlow SH, Campo E, Harris NL, Jaffe ES, Pileri SA, Stein H, Thiele J, Arber DA, Hasserjian RP, Le Beau MM, Orazi A, and Siebert R, Editors. IARC Press: Lyon, France, p208.</ref>.

==Sites of Involvement==
Bone marrow

==Morphologic Features==
There are no morphological or cytochemical features that aid in the diagnosis. Blasts range from small to large and chromatin varying from immature to more mature, corresponding to French-American-British classification L1 or L2 subtype<ref name=":7">{{Cite journal|last=Konoplev|first=Sergej|last2=Lu|first2=Xinyan|last3=Konopleva|first3=Marina|last4=Jain|first4=Nitin|last5=Ouyang|first5=Juan|last6=Goswami|first6=Maitrayee|last7=Roberts|first7=Kathryn G.|last8=Valentine|first8=Marc|last9=Mullighan|first9=Charles G.|date=2017|title=CRLF2-Positive B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Adult Patients: A Single-Institution Experience|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28340183|journal=American Journal of Clinical Pathology|volume=147|issue=4|pages=357–363|doi=10.1093/ajcp/aqx005|issn=1943-7722|pmid=28340183}}</ref>.[[File:Morphologic Features.jpg|thumb|195x195px|(Konoplev et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 2017.)|link=http://www.ccga.io/index.php/File:Morphologic_Features.jpg|none]]

==Immunophenotype==
Blasts are typically CD19, TdT, and CD10-positive. By flow cytometry, a subset of cases with CRLF2 translocations show very high levels of surface protein expression<ref name=":2" />.

==Chromosomal Rearrangements (Gene Fusions)==
Tyrosine kinase-type translocations are common and involve ''ABL1'' and other kinases (such as ''ABL2'', ''EPOR'', ''JAK2'', ''PDGFRB'', and ''CSF1R''); more than 30 gene partners have been described. Frequently reported examples include ''IGH''–''EPOR'' of the t(14;19)(q32;p13)/ins(14;19)(q32;p13), ''EBF1''–''PDGFRB'' of the del(5)(q32q33.3), ''NUP214''–''ABL1'' of the t(9;9)(q34;q34)/del(9)(q34q34), and ''ETV6''–''ABL1'' of the t(9;12)(q34;p13). Other notable fusions are ''BCR''–''JAK2'', ''PAX5''–''JAK2'', ''STRN3''–''JAK2'', ''RANBP2''–''ABL1'', ''RCSD1''–''ABL1'', and ''MEF2D''–''CSF1R''<ref>Heim S & Mitelman F. Cancer Cytogenetics: Chromosomal and Molecular Genetic Aberrations of Tumor Cells. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated: Chichester, United Kingdom. 2015.</ref>.

==Characteristic Chromosomal Aberrations / Patterns==
Approximately half of cases demonstrate rearrangements resulting in overexpression of CRLF2<ref name=":7" />. These rearrangements are the result of either translocation of immunoglobin heavy chain enhance locus into ''CRLF2'' (''IGH''-''CRLF2''—more commonly seen in adults) or through a cryptic deletion on chromosome X/Y involving the PAR1 psuedoautosomal region, resulting in fusion of ''CRLF2'' to ''P2RY8'' (more commonly seen in children). Very rare alternative translocations involving ''CRLF2'' have also been observed.
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[Abnormal FISH results in interphase nuclei from a bone marrow sample using the ''CRLF2'' dual-color, break-apart (Cytocell) and ''IGH'' dual-color, break-apart probes, reflective of ''IGH''-''CRLF2'' fusion]
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[Concurrent abnormal karyotype with trisomy 21 and a translocation involving chromosomes X, 14, and 2 in 9 of 13 cells available for analysis. Metaphase FISH with the ''IGH'' break-apart probe (Vysis) confirms the presence of 5’ ''IGH'' (green signal) on the abnormal chromosome Xp33.1 (''CRLF2'' locus), highly suggestive on an ''IGH''-''CRLF2'' fusion rearrangement.

47,XX,+21c[4]/47,idem,der(X)t(X;14)(p33.1;q32),der(2)t(2;14)(p11.2;q11.2)t(X;14),der(14)t(2;14)[5]/46,XX[4].ish der(X)(5’IGH+),der(2)(3’IGH+)]

(Images courtesy of Fabiola Quintero-Rivera, MD)

==Genomic Gain/Loss/LOH==
Monoallelic (often partial) deletion of the IKAROS transcription factor, encoded by ''IKZF1'', is one of the most frequently observed genetic abnormalities in BCR-ABL1-like B-ALL, although this finding is not specific and not included in the definition<ref name=":3" />.
==Gene Mutations (SNV/INDEL)==
In addition to gene translocations, gain-of-function mutations in ''CRLF2'' itself or in its partner gene, ''IL7RA'', have been seen<ref name=":8">Quesada A, Reynolds M, Jorgensen JL, et al. Cytokine receptor-like factor 2 (CRLF2) expression in precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia. International Clinical Cytometry Society e-Newsletter. 2014;5(1).</ref>. Alternative alterations activating kinase signaling occur, including activating mutations of ''FLT3'', as well as focal deletions of ''SH2B3'' (also known as ''LNK'')<ref>Tosi S & Reid AG. The Genetic Basis of Haematological Cancers. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated: Chichester, United Kingdom: 2016.</ref>.

Herold et al. in 2017 reported a wide variety of molecular alterations in BCR-ABL1-like B-ALL, which was shown to have statistically significant associations with alterations of ''IKZF1'', ''CRLF2'', ''JAK2'', ''BTG1'', and high ''CRLF2'' expression<ref name=":5" />.

==Epigenomics (Methylation)==
Not applicable

==Genes and Main Pathways Involved==

*IKAROS transcription factor: Deletion of ''IKZF1'' results in activation of ''EBF1'', ''MSH2'', and ''MCL1'', leading to B-cell leukemogenesis<ref>{{Cite journal|last=van der Veer|first=Arian|last2=Waanders|first2=Esmé|last3=Pieters|first3=Rob|last4=Willemse|first4=Marieke E.|last5=Van Reijmersdal|first5=Simon V.|last6=Russell|first6=Lisa J.|last7=Harrison|first7=Christine J.|last8=Evans|first8=William E.|last9=van der Velden|first9=Vincent H. J.|date=2013|title=Independent prognostic value of BCR-ABL1-like signature and IKZF1 deletion, but not high CRLF2 expression, in children with B-cell precursor ALL|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23974192|journal=Blood|volume=122|issue=15|pages=2622–2629|doi=10.1182/blood-2012-10-462358|issn=1528-0020|pmc=3795461|pmid=23974192}}</ref>.
*''CRLF2'' overexpression: CRFL2 and its cofactor IL7RA form a receptor for thymic stromal-derived lymphopoietin that activates the JAK2-signal transducer and upregulates the transcription 5 pathway<ref name=":8" />.
*Dysregulation of several tyrosine kinase signaling pathways (involving ''ABL1'', ''ABL2'', ''PDGFRB'', ''CSF1'', etc.) results in B-cell progenitor proliferation.

==Diagnostic Testing Methods==

*Flow cytometry for ''CRLF2'' has been shown in some studies to be 100% concordant with FISH results<ref name=":7" />.
*Next-generation sequencing is helpful for detecting copy number changes, single nucleotide variants, and gene fusions involving ''CRLF2'', ''ABL1'', ''ABL2'', ''JAK2'', etc.
*Gene expression profile algorithms, incorporating prediction analysis or hierarchical clustering of microarrays, provide the definitive diagnosis of BCR-ABL1-like B-ALL.

==Clinical Significance (Diagnosis, Prognosis and Therapeutic Implications)==

*Diagnosis: Definitive diagnosis is based on two major gene expression signatures (DCOG/Erasmus MC and COG/St. Jude).
**DCOG/Erasmus MC incorporates hierarchal clustering of microarrays using a 110-gene probe set; this genetic signature frequently detected deletions in ''IKZF1'', dic(9;20), and iAMP21 in BCR-ABL1-like B-ALL<ref name=":0" />.
**COG/St. Jude employs predictive analysis of microarrays using a 257-gene probe set; this genetic signature demonstrated primarily activating kinase or cytokine receptor signaling alterations, in addition to ''IKZF1'' deletions<ref name=":1" />.
*Prognosis: In both pediatric and adult populations, BCR-ABL1-like B-ALL is associated with high rates of relapse and poor prognosis.
**The median 5-year overall survival rates for children with BCR-ABL1-like B-ALL, adolescents, and young adults was 72.8%, 65.8%, and 25.8%, respectively<ref name=":4" />.
**Median 5-year-overall survival in adults was 22%, versus 64% in comparable patients with non-BCR-ABL1, non-BCR-ABL1-like, and non-MLL translocation B-ALL<ref name=":5" />.
*Therapeutic Implications: Due to the aggressive nature of the disease, patients are often treated with high-intensity chemotherapy regimens, such as hyper-CVAD or an augmented Berlin-Frankfurt-Münster regimen<ref name=":6" />.
**However, given the high incidence of fusions involving ''JAK2'', ''ABL1'', ''ABL2'', and other tyrosine kinases, tyrosine kinase inhibitors and JAK inhibitors are now being trialed clinically<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tasian|first=Sarah K.|last2=Doral|first2=Michelle Y.|last3=Borowitz|first3=Michael J.|last4=Wood|first4=Brent L.|last5=Chen|first5=I.-Ming|last6=Harvey|first6=Richard C.|last7=Gastier-Foster|first7=Julie M.|last8=Willman|first8=Cheryl L.|last9=Hunger|first9=Stephen P.|date=2012|title=Aberrant STAT5 and PI3K/mTOR pathway signaling occurs in human CRLF2-rearranged B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22685175|journal=Blood|volume=120|issue=4|pages=833–842|doi=10.1182/blood-2011-12-389932|issn=1528-0020|pmc=3412346|pmid=22685175}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Iacobucci|first=Ilaria|last2=Li|first2=Yongjin|last3=Roberts|first3=Kathryn G.|last4=Dobson|first4=Stephanie M.|last5=Kim|first5=Jaeseung C.|last6=Payne-Turner|first6=Debbie|last7=Harvey|first7=Richard C.|last8=Valentine|first8=Marcus|last9=McCastlain|first9=Kelly|date=2016|title=Truncating Erythropoietin Receptor Rearrangements in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26859458|journal=Cancer Cell|volume=29|issue=2|pages=186–200|doi=10.1016/j.ccell.2015.12.013|issn=1878-3686|pmc=4750652|pmid=26859458}}</ref>.

==Familial Forms==
Families with certain inherited variants of ''GATA3'' (often seen in Native-American populations) are at increased risk of BCR-ABL1-like B-ALL<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Perez-Andreu|first=Virginia|last2=Roberts|first2=Kathryn G.|last3=Harvey|first3=Richard C.|last4=Yang|first4=Wenjian|last5=Cheng|first5=Cheng|last6=Pei|first6=Deqing|last7=Xu|first7=Heng|last8=Gastier-Foster|first8=Julie|last9=E|first9=Shuyu|date=2013|title=Inherited GATA3 variants are associated with Ph-like childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and risk of relapse|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24141364|journal=Nature Genetics|volume=45|issue=12|pages=1494–1498|doi=10.1038/ng.2803|issn=1546-1718|pmc=4039076|pmid=24141364}}</ref>.

==Links==
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[[PDGFRB]]

[[IKZF1]]

Pre-B ALL B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma with ''BCR-ABL1''-like/Ph-like in Pathology Outlines (http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/leukemiaprebbcrabl1like.html)

==References==
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