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Genesis of variant Philadelphia chromosome translocations in chronic myelocytic leukemia.
Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Nov 2003
Naumann Sabine, Decker Hans-Jochen
Abstract excerpt
The Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome is found in more than 90% of chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) patients. In most cases, it results from the reciprocal t(9;22)(q34;q11), with the ABL proto-oncogene from 9q34 fused to the breakpoint cluster region (BCR) locus on 22q11. In 5%-10% of patients with CML, the Ph chromosome originates from variant translocations, involving various breakpoints in addition to 9q34 and...
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