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The p53 gene in pediatric therapy-related leukemia and myelodysplasia.
Blood - 15 May 1996
Felix C A, Hosler M R, Provisor D, Salhany K, Sexsmith E A, Slater D J, Cheung N K, Winick N J, Strauss E A, Heyn R, Lange B J, Malkin D
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the frequency of p53 mutations in 19 pediatric cases of therapy-related leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome. Eleven children presented with acute myeloid leukemia, one with mixed-lineage leukemia, two with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and five with myelodysplasia at times ranging from 11 months to 9 years after a primary cancer diagnosis. The primary cancers, which included 11 solid tumors and...
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