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Variable outcome and methylation status according to CEBPA mutant type in double-mutated acute myeloid leukemia patients and the possible implications for treatment.
Haematologica - 1 Jan 2018
El-Sharkawi Dima, Sproul Duncan, Allen Christopher G, Feber Andrew, Wright Melissa, Hills Robert K, Linch David C, Gale Rosemary E
Abstract excerpt
Although CEBPA double-mutated (CEBPADM) acute myeloid leukemia is considered to be a favorable-risk disease, relapse remains a major cause of treatment failure. Most CEBPADM patients have a classic biallelic mutant combination with an N-terminal mutation leading to production of p30 protein plus a C-terminal loss-of-function in-frame indel mutation (CEBPAClassic-DM), but approximately one-third of cases have one...
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