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RAS mutation in acute myeloid leukemia is associated with distinct cytogenetic subgroups but does not influence outcome in patients younger than 60 years.
Blood - 15 Sept 2005
Bowen David T, Frew Marion E, Hills Robert, Gale Rosemary E, Wheatley Keith, Groves Michael J, Langabeer Stephen E, Kottaridis Panagiotis D, Moorman Anthony V, Burnett Alan K, Linch David C
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) involves the cooperation of mutations promoting proliferation/survival and those impairing differentiation. The RAS pathway has been implicated as a key component of the proliferative drive in AML. We have screened AML patients, predominantly younger than 60 years and treated within 2 clinical trials, for NRAS (n = 1106), KRAS (n = 739), and HRAS (n = 200) hot-spot...
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