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Clinical Outcomes With Ring Sideroblasts and SF3B1 Mutations in Myelodysplastic Syndromes: MDS Clinical Research Consortium Analysis.
Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia - 1 Aug 2018
Migdady Yazan, Barnard John, Al Ali Najla, Steensma David P, DeZern Amy, Roboz Gail, Garcia-Manero Guillermo, Sekeres Mikkael A, Komrokji Rami S
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BACKGROUND: Recurrent somatic mutations in SF3B1 have been identified in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and are associated with ring sideroblasts (RS) and relatively favorable clinical outcomes. The 2016 World Health Organization classification categorizes patients with ≥ 5% RS and SF3B1 mutation as MDS-RS, in contrast to its prior MDS-RS classification (≥ 15% RS, no genotyping data). Treatment...
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