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Additional chromosome abnormalities confer worse prognosis in acute promyelocytic leukaemia
1 Feb 1997
Abstract excerpt
Acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) has been associated with a favourable prognosis in many studies of acute myeloid leukaemia. A series of 54 patients treated at the Royal Marsden Hospital between 1979 and 1996, with APL and the t(15;17) chromosome translocation at presentation, was examined for the effect of additional chromosome abnormalities in their presentation karyotype on survival. The patients were aged...
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