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Patients with acute myeloid leukemia and an activating mutation in FLT3 respond to a small-molecule FLT3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, PKC412.
Blood - 1 Jan 2005
Stone Richard M, DeAngelo Daniel J, Klimek Virginia, Galinsky Ilene, Estey Eli, Nimer Stephen D, Grandin Wilson, Lebwohl David, Wang Yanfeng, Cohen Pamela, Fox Edward A, Neuberg Donna, Clark Jennifer, Gilliland D Gary, Griffin James D
Abstract excerpt
Leukemic cells from 30% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) have an activating mutation in the FLT3 (fms-like tyrosine kinase) gene, which represents a target for drug therapy. We treated 20 patients, each with mutant FLT3 relapsed/refractory AML or high-grade myelodysplastic syndrome and not believed to be candidates for chemotherapy, with an FLT3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, PKC412...
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