Hematologic Malignancy
B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma
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Variants & evidence
296 evidence items mapped to this entity or its descendants, grouped by molecular profile, then therapy. 50 items per page.
| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
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| PBX1 Fusion4 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with t(1;19)(q23;p13.3); TCF3-PBX1ALIAS | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID11772From 1101 patients enrolled in 4 consecutive acute lymphoblastic leukemia clinical trials at St Jude Children's Research Hospital (1979-1994), 45 of them were identified to bear t(1;19)(q23;p13) or d… (full text at CIViC) PMID 7989935 · Pui et al., 1994 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| (oncogenic) | B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with t(1;19)(q23;p13.3); TCF3-PBX1ALIAS | Oncogenic | E | Supports Oncogenicity | 3 | accepted | EID11719In an earlier study of 15 patients with TCF3::PBX1 B-ALL, 2 of the 15 had neonatal blood spots found to be positive for the TCF3::PBX1 fusion breakpoint using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In this … (full text at CIViC) PMID 31434706 · Hein et al., 2019 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| HyperCVAD Regimen | B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with t(1;19)(q23;p13.3); TCF3-PBX1ALIAS | Predictive | B | Supports Sensitivity Response | 4 | submitted | EID11720While it is not common in adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the t(1;19)(q23;p13) rearrangement is still a hallmark for favorable prognosis in a retrospective cohort study with 427 adult patien… (full text at CIViC) PMID 32955970 · Yilmaz et al., 2021 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| NCT00137111 | B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with t(1;19)(q23;p13.3); TCF3-PBX1ALIAS | Predictive | B | Supports Sensitivity Response | 4 | submitted | EID11718Clinical trials conducted at St Jude Children's Research Hospital revealed that patients with pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia who have the TCF3::PBX1 fusion exhibit a favorable overall outcome when… (full text at CIViC) PMID 19282835 · Jeha et al., 2009 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| JAK2 Fusion2 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 4 | submitted | EID7703In B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL), the presence of this fusion is associated with so-called BCR/ABL1 like (Ph-like) subtype of the disease. The TERF2-JAK2 fusionis rare. This study was cond… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27894077 · Boer et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID7702In the study involving 1725 B-ALL patients, 264 were identified by microarray-based algorithm to have a Ph-like expression signature. Next generation sequencing (RNAseq, WGS, and/or WES) performed on … (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| PDGFRB Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Does Not Support Positive | 1 | submitted | EID11626B-ALL cases with high-risk clinical features or suggestion of a kinase rearrangement were subjected to low density gene expression array to determine Ph-like status. 1 patient (6 years old) with a TN… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| TP53 Mutation2 | ||||||||
| (prognostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/LymphomaCURATED_BROADER | Prognostic | B | Supports Poor Outcome | 4 | accepted | EID520In children with bone marrow relapsed B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia, in multivariate analysis those with mutations in TP53 had worse event-free survival than patients without mutations… (full text at CIViC) PMID 22699455 · Krentz et al., 2013 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/LymphomaCURATED_BROADER | Prognostic | B | Supports Poor Outcome | 4 | accepted | EID640In relapsed B-ALL patients, TP53 mutations were associated with morphologic nonresponse to therapy (>5% blasts in the bone marrow after 9 weeks of treatment) as well as reduced event free and overall … (full text at CIViC) PMID 21747090 · Hof et al., 2011 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| JAK2 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID7675In the study involving 1725 B-ALL patients, 264 were identified by microarray-based algorithm to have a Ph-like expression signature. Next generation sequencing (RNAseq, WGS, and/or WES) performed on … (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| TYK2 S431G1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-LikeALIAS | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 4 | rejected | EID12804In this 2020 study, the authors analyzed bone marrow samples from 62 B-ALL patients at diagnosis using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to search for disease-associated TYK2 gene variants. The patient… (full text at CIViC) PMID 33260630 · Turrubiartes-Martínez et al., 2020 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| JAK2 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID7705In B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL), the presence of this fusion is associated with so-called BCR/ABL1 like (Ph-like) subtype of the disease. The USP25-JAK2 fusion is rare; this study involve… (full text at CIViC) PMID 28408464 · Reshmi et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| ABL1 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (oncogenic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Oncogenic | A | Supports Oncogenicity | 4 | submitted | EID6936The study showed association of the ABL1 fusions with partner genes other than BCR with a specific molecular/genetic subtype of B-lymphoblastic leukemia characterized by the expression signature simil… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| ABL2 Fusion2 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | A | Supports Positive | 3 | submitted | EID6963The study showed that in B-ALL the the presence of ABL2 fusions with different partner genes is diagnostic for the so-called BCR-ABL1-like (or Philadelphia (Ph)-like) molecular subtype of B-ALL. Ph-l… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Imatinib | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID7250The RCSD1-ABL2 fusion was identified in a 5 yo boy with Ph-like B-ALL and Klinefelter syndrome. Following standard induction therapy the patient had an MRD of 1.2% in bone marrow, and continued to be … (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| JAK2 Fusion3 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | A | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID6964In this study, 264 of 1725 precursor B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) cases were identified as BCR::ABL1 (Ph)-like based on the expression signature similar to the BCR::ABL1 positive B-ALL; of those 2… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | A | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID12287In this study, the authors characterized 77 pediatric Ph-like B-ALL cases from the Dutch Childhood Oncology Group trials and German Cooperative ALL trials, and identified 5 cases with activated JAK si… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27894077 · Boer et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | B | |||||
| LYN Fusion3 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID12801In this 2017 study, the authors characterized 284 cases of Philadelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph-like ALL) identified from a cohort of 1,389 pediatric patients with high-risk B… (full text at CIViC) PMID 28408464 · Reshmi et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID12802This retrospective Japanese multicenter study investigated kinase-activating gene fusions in pediatric B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) lacking recurrent cytogenetic abnormalities, with the goal of de… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27176795 · Imamura et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports | ||||
| PDGFRB Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | A | Supports Positive | 4 | submitted | EID7022This study showed that, when detected in the context of B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL), PDGFRB fusions with different partner genes are associated with Ph-like molecular subtype of B-A… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| TYK2 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 4 | accepted | EID12803In this 2022 study, the authors investigate the oncogenic role of the MYB::TYK2 fusion gene in high-risk B-lymphoblastic leukemia (HR B-ALL). TYK2 rearrangements are identified as recurrent events in … (full text at CIViC) PMID 35022522 · Shirazi et al., 2022 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| ABL2 Fusion9 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | B | Supports Positive | 2 | submitted | EID13064An adult patient (>18 years old) with B-ALL harbored an in-frame ZC3HAV1::ABL2 fusion, identified by targeted RNA sequencing, with no IKZF1 deletion, and presented with a white blood cell count of 72 … (full text at CIViC) PMID 33781217 · Norvilas et al., 2021 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | submitted | EID12962A 10-year-old female (Case #62) with B-ALL harbored a ZC3HAV1::ABL2 fusion and a PAX5 deletion. The fusion was identified by RNA sequencing and confirmed by RT-PCR and Sanger sequencing; breakpoints w… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27265895 · Lilljebjörn et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| (prognostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Prognostic | C | Supports | ||||
| PDGFRB e9::e91 | ||||||||
| (oncogenic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Oncogenic | C | Supports Oncogenicity | 2 | submitted | EID12480A male adolescent patient with study ID SJBALL267_D was reported by gene expression profile to have Ph-like non CRLF2 B-ALL. White blood count was 1.7. WGS and RNA-seq was performed. ZEB2::PDGFR joini… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| PDGFRB Fusion1 | ||||||||
| Dasatinib + ImatinibSubstitutes | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | submitted | EID12481Xenograft models of 10 Ph-like ALL tumors including ZEB2-PDGFRB were generated from engrafting primary human leukemia cells into NOD-SCID IL2R gamma null mice. The authors state that the xenograft cel… (full text at CIViC) | civic |
| BZW1 Fusion + PDGFRB FusionPDGFRBBZW11 | ||||||||
| (oncogenic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Oncogenic | C | Supports Oncogenicity | 2 | submitted | EID12482A patient is reported with karyotype 46,XX,del(12)(p13)[6]/46,XX[19] to have Ph-like other ALL of B-ALL Lineage by expression profiling. Age at diagnosis was 16.674, termed Adolescent and Young Adult,… (full text at CIViC) PMID 36050548 · Brady et al., 2022 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| ABL1 Fusion9 | ||||||||
| (prognostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Prognostic | B | Supports Better Outcome | 4 | accepted | EID9149A multicenter, retrospective, cohort study that included 122 paediatric patients (aged 1-18 years) with newly diagnosed ABL-class fusion B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia who had not received tyrosine… (full text at CIViC) PMID 33357483 · den Boer et al., 2021 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| (oncogenic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/LymphomaCURATED_BROADER | Oncogenic | B | Supports Oncogenicity | 3 | submitted | EID12638In a multicentre retrospective cohort study of 122 paediatric patients (aged 1-18 years) with newly diagnosed ABL-class fusion (ABL1 fusion-positive, ABL2 fusion-positive, CSF1R fusion-positive, and P… (full text at CIViC) PMID 33357483 · den Boer et al., 2021 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | |||||
| JAK2 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID7706This study included 1389 cases of high-risk pediatric B-ALL, out of which 284 were identified by TaqMan Low Density Array to have a Ph-like gene expression signature. RT-PCR or RNAseq performed on the… (full text at CIViC) PMID 28408464 · Reshmi et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| JAK2 Fusion1 | ||||||||
| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 3 | accepted | EID7999In B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL), the presence of this fusion is associated with so-called BCR/ABL1 like (Ph-like) subtype of the disease. The ZNF430-JAK2 fusion is rare; in this study inv… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27870571 · Roberts et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
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EID12256JAK2 rerrangements were found to be one of genetic aberrations demonstrated in 15 cases of Ph-like ALL that were characterised using transcriptome and whole genome sequencing. As these are genetic alt… (full text at CIViC) PMID 22897847 · Roberts et al., 2012 · Open in CIViC |
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EID12809In this 2020 case report, the authors present a pediatric patient with relapsed B-lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), providing critical evidence for the diagnostic and therapeutic role of LYN fusions. Th… (full text at CIViC) PMID 32266142 · Dai et al., 2020 · Open in CIViC |
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EID13063A male patient older than 10 years with B-ALL harbored a ZC3HAV1(exon 12)::ABL2(exon 3) fusion and a concomitant IKZF1 deletion, presenting with a white blood cell count >50 × 10⁹/L. He was enrolled o… (full text at CIViC) PMID 29507076 · Tran et al., 2018 · Open in CIViC |
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| (diagnostic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 2 | submitted | EID11620B-ALL cases with high-risk clinical features or suggestion of a kinase rearrangement were subjected to low density gene expression array to determine Ph-like status. 2 patients (ages 6.4 and 10.4 yea… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| (oncogenic) | Adult B Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaALIAS | Oncogenic | C | Supports Oncogenicity | 2 | submitted | EID12963A 16.6-year-old Taiwanese male (Case #299) with B-ALL harbored a ZC3HAV1(exon 12)::ABL2(exon 2) fusion and concurrent deletions of CDKN2A/2B, PAX5 (exons 2–5), and IKZF1 (exons 2–8). The fusion was de… (full text at CIViC) PMID 33707599 · Hsu et al., 2021 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Asciminib + BCR-ABL Inhibitor HS-10382Substitutes | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma with Intrachromosomal Amplification of Chromosome 21ALIAS | Predictive | D | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID12504ABL2-rearranged (ABL2r) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a high-risk subtype of Ph-like ALL, typically treated with intensive chemotherapy. The ZC3HAV1::ABL2 fusion is a rare mutation in ABL2r an… (full text at CIViC) PMID 40678005 · Lagonik et al., 2025 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Chemotherapy + DasatinibCombination | B Acute Lymphoblastic LeukemiaALIAS | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 2 | submitted | EID12969A 38-year-old male with Ph-negative B ALL was found to harbor a ZC3HAV1 ABL2 rearrangement identified by massively parallel DNA sequencing (MPDS), consistent with a Philadelphia-like genotype. The leu… (full text at CIViC) PMID 28430957 · Chen et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Imatinib | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/LymphomaCURATED_BROADER | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | submitted | EID9804An 18-year-old male with B-ALL presented with hyperleukocytosis (WBC 171×10⁹/L, 90% blasts). Conventional cytogenetics showed a normal male karyotype (46,XY), and FISH/PCR were negative for ETV6-RUNX1… (full text at CIViC) PMID 31723830 · Decool et al., 2019 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/LymphomaCURATED_BROADER | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 1 | submitted | EID12513A 27-year-old male (Patient #17, Table 1) with B-ALL harbored a ZC3HAV1(exon 12)::ABL2(exon 2) fusion, concurrent CD200-BTLA and IKZF1 (exons 2–7) deletions, and a gain of chromosome X, presenting wit… (full text at CIViC) PMID 31434701 · Tanasi et al., 2019 · Open in CIViC | civic |
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EID9077This study included 1389 cases of high-risk pediatric B-ALL, of which 284 were identified by TaqMan Low Density Array to have a BCR-ABL1-like (Ph-like) gene expression signature. RT-PCR or RNAseq perf… (full text at CIViC) PMID 28408464 · Reshmi et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC |
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| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 2 | accepted | EID9152Study comprised 574 children with newly diagnosed B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) and focused on B-other/BCR-ABL-like which were identified by hierarchical clustering of gene e… (full text at CIViC) PMID 27894077 · Boer et al., 2017 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Diagnostic | C | Supports Positive | 2 | accepted | EID11619B-ALL cases with high-risk clinical features or suggestion of a kinase rearrangement were subjected to low density gene expression array to determine Ph-like status. 3 of 4 patients (ages 2.2, 2.6, a… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| (oncogenic) | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Oncogenic | C | Supports Oncogenicity | 2 | submitted | EID12635A study of 204 children with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia from three Dutch trials (DCOG ALL-8, 9, 10) and two German trials (COALL 06-97, 07-03) included 73 cases of BCR-ABL1-like B-A… (full text at CIViC) | civic |
| 〃 | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/LymphomaCURATED_BROADER | Oncogenic | C | Supports Oncogenicity | 1 | accepted | EID9151A 18-month-old female with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Chromosome and FISH analysis using a BCR-ABL1 probe confirmed the involvement of ABL1 in a t(9;10)(q34;q22.3) translocation. Follow-up m… (full text at CIViC) PMID 18007576 · Soler et al., 2008 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Chemotherapy + DasatinibCombination | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 4 | submitted | EID11119An 11 year old female (46,XX) had B-ALL. The patient received a 4-drug induction and end induction day 29 MRD was 5.4%. LDA card was used to analyze the patient and the leukemia was determined to be P… (full text at CIViC) PMID 25207766 · Roberts et al., 2014 · Open in CIViC | civic |
| Chemotherapy + ImatinibCombination | B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, BCR-ABL1-Like | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 4 | submitted | EID12615A pediatric patient had a hematopathologic diagnosis of B-ALL determined through bone marrow aspirate analysis. The patient had a hemoglobin level of 3 g/dL, severe neutropenia, and a normal platelet … (full text at CIViC) PMID 38749501 · Booth et al., 2025 · Open in CIViC | civic |