Article
Frequency of FLT3 Internal Tandem Duplications in Adult Syrian Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Normal Karyotype.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Oct 2021
Al-Arbeed Ismael F, Wafa Abdulsamad, Moassass Faten, Al-Halabi Bassel, Al-Achkar Walid, Abou-Khamis Imad
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Activating mutations of the fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 gene (FLT3) by internal tandem duplications (ITDs) in the juxtamembrane domain (JMD) have been reported in ~30% of adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients with cytogenetically normal karyotype (CN). However, FLT3/ITD mutations are frequently accompanied with leukocytosis, high percentage of blasts in bone marrow (BM), and increased the risk of...
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