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Genetic alteration patterns and clinical outcomes of elderly and secondary acute myeloid leukemia.
Hematological oncology - 1 Oct 2019
Wang Shi-Yang, Cheng Wen-Yan, Mao Yuan-Fei, Zhu Yong-Mei, Liu Fu-Jia, Ma Ting-Ting, Shen Yang
Abstract excerpt
To illustrate the clinical and genetic features of elderly and secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients, we compared 145 elderly AML (e-AML) and 55 secondary AML (s-AML) patients with 451 young de novo AML patients. Both e-AML and s-AML patients showed lower white blood cell (WBC) and bone marrow (BM) blasts at diagnosis. NPM1, DNMT3A, and IDH2 mutations were more common while biallelic CEBPA and IDH1...
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