<正>Acutepromyelocyticleukaemia(APL)hasbeenattractingawideinterestfarbeyondhematologicalfieldinthelastdozenyearsduetothepresenceofspecificchromosometranlocationsandclinicalresponsibilitytoall-transretinoicacid(ATRA)bydifferentiationinductionaswellastoarsenictrioxide(ATO).Most(>95%)APLpatientscarryspecificchromosometranslocationt(15;17),whichleadstodiscoveryofPMLgeneonchromosome15.SuchatranslocationcausesthefusionofPMLtoretinoicacidreceptor-alpha