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Host genetic variants of ABCB1 and IL15 influence treatment outcome in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
British journal of cancer - 18 Mar 2014
Lu Y, Kham S K Y, Ariffin H, Oei A M I, Lin H P, Tan A M, Quah T C, Yeoh A E J
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BACKGROUND: Host germline variations and their potential prognostic importance is an emerging area of interest in paediatric ALL. METHODS: We investigated the associations between 20 germline variations and various clinical end points in 463 children with ALL. RESULTS: After adjusting for known prognostic factors, variants in two genes were found to be independently associated with poorer EFS: ABCB1 T/T at either...
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