Acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a comprehensive review and 2017 update

T Terwilliger, M Abdul-Hay - Blood cancer journal, 2017 - nature.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the second most common acute leukemia in adults,
with an incidence of over 6500 cases per year in the United States alone. The hallmark of …

Genetic basis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

I Iacobucci, CG Mullighan - Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common childhood cancer, and despite cure
rates exceeding 90% in children, it remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in …

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: progress through collaboration

CH Pui, JJ Yang, SP Hunger, R Pieters… - Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To review the impact of collaborative studies on advances in the biology and
treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children and adolescents. Methods A …

Targetable kinase-activating lesions in Ph-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia

KG Roberts, Y Li, D Payne-Turner… - New England journal …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Philadelphia chromosome–like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph-like ALL) is
characterized by a gene-expression profile similar to that of BCR–ABL1–positive ALL …

International Consensus Classification of acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma

AS Duffield, CG Mullighan, MJ Borowitz - Virchows Archiv, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The updated International Consensus Classification (ICC) of B-acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (B-ALL) and T-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) includes both revisions to …

Advances in germline predisposition to acute leukaemias and myeloid neoplasms

JM Klco, CG Mullighan - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Although much work has focused on the elucidation of somatic alterations that drive the
development of acute leukaemias and other haematopoietic diseases, it has become …

Treatment and biology of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

M Kato, A Manabe - Pediatrics International, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric malignancy. In the past
ALL was intractable but now the survival probability is as high as 80–90%. Improved …

Ph-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a high-risk subtype in adults

N Jain, KG Roberts, E Jabbour, K Patel… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Philadelphia chromosome (Ph)-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a high-risk
subtype of ALL in children. There are conflicting data on the incidence and prognosis of Ph …

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

H Inaba, M Greaves, CG Mullighan - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia occurs in both children and adults but its incidence peaks
between 2 and 5 years of age. Causation is multifactorial and exogenous or endogenous …

The emerging complexity of gene fusions in cancer

F Mertens, B Johansson, T Fioretos… - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Structural chromosome rearrangements may result in the exchange of coding or regulatory
DNA sequences between genes. Many such gene fusions are strong driver mutations in …