Diagnosis and management of acute myeloid leukemia in children and adolescents: recommendations from an international expert panel

U Creutzig, MM van Den Heuvel-Eibrink… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Despite major improvements in outcome over the past decades, acute myeloid leukemia
(AML) remains a life-threatening malignancy in children, with current survival rates of∼ …

The clinical relevance of chromosomal and genomic abnormalities in B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

AV Moorman - Blood reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) occurs at all ages but is the most common cancer of
childhood. The current treatment of paediatric ALL is highly successful with up to 90 …

How I treat pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

JE Rubnitz - Blood, The Journal of the American Society of …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Acute myeloid leukemia is a heterogeneous disease that accounts for approximately 20% of
acute leukemias in children and adolescents. Despite the lack of targeted therapy for most …

Childhood acute myeloid leukaemia

JE Rubnitz, H Inaba - British journal of haematology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) has long been recognized for its morphological
and cytogenetic heterogeneity, recent high‐resolution genomic profiling has demonstrated a …

ETV6 rearrangements are recurrent in myeloid malignancies and are frequently associated with other genetic events

C Haferlach, U Bacher, S Schnittger… - Genes …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ETV6 (TEL) rearrangements are favorable in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia but are
less well characterized in myeloid malignancies. We investigated 9,550 patients with …

Genetic and epigenetic similarities and differences between childhood and adult AML

C Juhl‐Christensen, HB Ommen… - Pediatric blood & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background The biology of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is complex and includes both
genetic and epigenetic aberrations. We addressed the combined consequences of promoter …

Chromosomal aberrations associated with clonal evolution and leukemic transformation in Fanconi anemia: clinical and biological implications

S Meyer, H Neitzel, H Tönnies - Anemia, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Fanconi anaemia (FA) is an inherited disease with congenital and developmental
abnormalities, bone marrow failure, and extreme risk of leukemic transformation. Bone …

[HTML][HTML] Value of multifaced approach diagnosis and classification of acute leukemias

S Angelescu, NM Berbec, A Colita, D Barbu, AR Lupu - Mædica, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The aims of this report are to asses the present status of conventional (mor-phological and
cytochemical) methods in diagnosing acute leukemias (AL), to mention additional …

Comprehensive profile of cytogenetics in 2308 Chinese children and adults with de novo acute myeloid leukemia

X Li, X Li, W Xie, Y Hu, J Li, W Du, W Liu, H Li… - Blood Cells, Molecules …, 2012 - Elsevier
Diagnostic cytogenetic and molecular analysis is recognized as the most valuable
prognostic factor in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Among 2516 consecutive Chinese …

Frat2 mediates the oncogenic activation of Rac by MLL fusions

V Walf-Vorderwülbecke, J De Boer… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) fusion genes arise from chromosomal translocations and
induce acute myeloid leukemia through a mechanism involving transcriptional deregulation …