We found a simple insertion (one step event) in 6 out of 9 patients (no 1–3, 8–10) and CML-T1 (no 5), with no evidence of secondary rearrangements within the regions flanking BCR and ABL1 breakpoints apart from the accompanying deletions seen in 2 patients and CML-T1. This evidence concerns the gene ABL1 and chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive.