Mutations have also been found with lower frequency in other FAB subtype AML (6 cases), in myeloproliferative disorders (6 cases), in myelodysplastic syndrome (3 cases) and rarely in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (1 case).
Forty of the 550 patients (7%) entered to the 11q23 Workshop had secondary (s) acute lymphoblastic leukemia (nine cases), s-acute myeloid leukemia (25 cases, predominantly of FAB type M5), s-acute leukemia unspecified (one case) or s-myelodysplastic syndrome (five cases) following treatment for a primary malignancy.