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Gemtuzumab ozogamicin in acute myeloid leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 Sept 2017
Godwin C D, Gale R P, Walter R B
Abstract excerpt
CD33 is variably expressed on leukemia blasts in almost all patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and possibly leukemia stem cells in some. Efforts to target CD33 therapeutically have focused on gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO; Mylotarg), an antibody-drug conjugate delivering a DNA-damaging calicheamicin derivative. GO is most effective in acute promyelocytic leukemia but induces remissions in other AML types and...
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