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A new hope: novel therapeutic approaches to treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia with defects in<i><scp>TP</scp>53</i>
21 Jul 2014
Abstract excerpt
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is an indolent B-cell malignancy with heterogeneous outcomes. Chromosomal abnormalities in CLL are predictive of the natural disease course; del(11q) and del(17p) are recognized as high risk genetic lesions. Del(17p) is associated with an impaired function of TP53, a key tumour suppressor, and is particularly problematic. Such patients respond poorly to chemo-immunotherapy and...
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