ASH Clinical News November 2015 | Page 41

CLINICAL NEWS Somatic Mutations are Common in Idiopathic Cytopenias of Undetermined Significance malignancy and were assigned to one of three study groups following the Establishing a diagnosis in patients with suspected myelodysplastic synbiopsy: dromes (MDS) is often challenging; the bone marrow must demonstrate dysplasia in ≥10 percent of a myeloid cell lineage, but quantification of • Positive: confirmed diagnosis of MDS (n=24) these features is subject to variation among hemato F