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Integration of ruxolitinib into dose-intensified therapy targeted against a novel JAK2 F694L mutation in B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Pediatric blood & cancer - 1 May 2017
Mayfield Jodi R, Czuchlewski David R, Gale James M, Matlawska-Wasowska Ksenia, Vasef Mohammad A, Nickl Christian, Pickett Gavin, Ness Scott A, Winter Stuart S
Abstract excerpt
A 17-year-old girl with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) with persistent minimal residual disease (MRD) who underwent standard chemotherapy was found to have a BCR-ABL1-like gene expression pattern. Genome sequencing revealed a JAK2 mutation not previously described in BCP-ALL and a potential therapeutic target. Due to concern for an on-therapy relapse, the JAK2 inhibitor ruxolitinib was...
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