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[Genetic basis of pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and its clinical impact].
[Rinsho ketsueki] The Japanese journal of clinical hematology - 1 Jan 2000
Takita Junko
Abstract excerpt
Despite an improvement in the prognosis of pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), the outcome of patients with relapse or refractory T-ALL remains dismal. Activating mutations of the NOTCH pathway and the loss-of-function mutations of CDKN2A are frequent genetic alterations in T-ALL; however, these changes exert no prognostic impact. Furthermore, several gene fusions, including STIL-TAL1, were...
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