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Mutant DNMT3A: a marker of poor prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia.
Blood - 14 Jun 2012
Ribeiro Ana Flávia Tibúrcio, Pratcorona Marta, Erpelinck-Verschueren Claudia, Rockova Veronika, Sanders Mathijs, Abbas Saman, Figueroa Maria E, Zeilemaker Annelieke, Melnick Ari, Löwenberg Bob, Valk Peter J M, Delwel Ruud
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence, the prognostic effect, and interaction with other molecular markers of DNMT3A mutations was studied in 415 patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) younger than 60 years. We show mutations in DNMT3A in 96 of 415 patients with newly diagnosed AML (23.1%). Univariate Cox regression analysis showed that patients with DNMT3A(mutant) AML show significantly worse overall survival (OS; P = .022; hazard...
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