EN | TR
E-ISSN: 3061-9947
The Relationship Between ABO and Rh Blood Groups with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
PDF
Cite
Share
Request
Original Article
VOLUME: 53 ISSUE: 2
P: 357-361
2020

The Relationship Between ABO and Rh Blood Groups with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Acta Haematol Oncol Turc 2020;53(2):357-361
DOI: 10.5505/aot.2020.97720
Semih Başcı 1
Tuğçe Nur Yiğenoğlu 1
Derya Şahin 1
Özcan Saygılı 2
Mehmet Bakırtaş 1
Bahar Uncu Ulu 1
Tahir Darçın 1
Alparslan Merdin 1
Dicle İskender 1
Mehmet Sinan Dal 1
Merih Kızıl Çakar 1
Fevzi Altuntaş 1
1. Department Of Hematology And Bone Marrow Transplantation Center, Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training And Research Hospital
2. Department Of Internal Medicine Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training And Research Hospital, University Of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
3.
No information available.
No information available
Received Date: 2020-05-22T18:31:41
Accepted Date: 2020-09-04T11:34:27
PDF
Cite
Share
Request

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is caused by abnormal proliferation of blasts originated from hematopoietic lymphoid precursors. ALL constitutes 75% of pediatric leukemia cases and has an incidence of 1.28/100.000 in adults. The etiology of ALL is a still matter of debate. In some studies, ABO blood groups were shown playing a role in development of cardiovascular, oncologic, and other diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate relationship with ALL and ABO and Rh blood groups.

METHODS

124 ALL patients treated at our center between February 2014 and April 2020 were retrospectively studied. The data of age, gender and blood group of healthy thrombocyte donors were used as the control group.

RESULTS

Although the most common blood group was A Rh+ among both males and females, we did not find a statistically significant difference between control group and ALL patients regarding ABO blood group distribution and Rh positivity. When both groups were sub-grouped according to gender, they did not differ between ABO and Rh distribution.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

There are few studies about the relationship between ALL and blood group types. Our study suggests blood group frequency might be similar among ALL patients with healthy individuals. Further studies with larger patient populations are needed.