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Genetic Mutations in a Patient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Showing Blast Crisis 10 Years After Presentation.
Anticancer research - 1 Jul 2018
Sklarz Lisa-Madeleine, Wittke Christoph, Krohn Saskia, GROßE-Thie Christina, Junghanss Christian, Murua Escobar Hugo, Glaeser Hartmut
Abstract excerpt
Since the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), the prospects for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) have improved significantly. Herein we present the case of a patient with CML who experienced blast crisis and development of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) 10 years after presentation. The CML was characterized by the gene fusion of breakpoint cluster region BCR and tyrosine-protein kinase...
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