“…Several parameters for evaluation of blasts have been proposed, including expression of nonlineage markers CD7, CD2, CD5, and CD56; variation in levels of immaturity markers CD34, CD117, and CD38; and variation of levels of myeloid markers CD13, CD33, CD15, and CD11b. Although the sensitivity and specificity of individual markers are generally low (best seen as a loss of CD38, bright CD117, and CD123 expression), 15,16 combining multiple markers into a scoring system improves FCIP performance, with sensitivity ranging between 44% and 98%, and specificity between 78% and 100%. 17 There are two approaches in FCIP for myeloid neoplasms (as well as in other FCIP applications): ones that define abnormalities quantitatively using mean fluorescence intensity of individual antigens, 7,8,15,16,18,19 and ones that define abnormalities qualitatively, looking at the pattern of expression.…”