PREDICTION OF CLINICAL OUTCOME IN HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES USING A SELF-RENEWAL EXPRESSION SIGNATURE

摘要

Methods, compositions, and kits are provided for providing a diagnosis, a prognosis, or a prediction of responsiveness to a therapy for a patient with a hematological malignancy. In practicing the subject methods, the expression level of at least one leukemia stem cell (LSC) genes in a tissue sample is assayed to obtain an LSC expression representation. The LSC expression representation is then employed to determine if an individual has a hematological malignancy, to provide a prognosis to a patient with a hematological malignancy, and/or to provide a prediction of the responsiveness of a patient with a hematological malignancy to a therapy. Also provided are screening methods for identifying novel therapies for patients with a hematological malignancy, and compositions and kits for use in these screening methods.