Article
Toward Individualized Therapy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Contemporary Review.
JAMA oncology - 1 Sept 2015
Kadia Tapan M, Ravandi Farhad, Cortes Jorge, Kantarjian Hagop
Abstract excerpt
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous disease in its clinical presentation, response to therapy, and overall prognosis. For decades, pretreatment karyotype evaluation has served to identify subgroups for risk-adapted postremission therapy, but the initial treatment approach has been largely unchanged. With continued advances in the genetic and epigenetic characterization of AML, we have discovered even...
Topics
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
- Molecular Targeted Therapy
- Mutation
- Patient Selection
- Phenotype
- Precision Medicine
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Risk Assessment
- Risk Factors
- Treatment Outcome
