Diagnosis and management of AML in adults: 2017 ELN recommendations from an international expert panel

H Döhner, E Estey, D Grimwade… - Blood, The Journal …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
The first edition of the European LeukemiaNet (ELN) recommendations for diagnosis and
management of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults, published in 2010, has found …

Biology and relevance of human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells

D Thomas, R Majeti - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Evidence of human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells (AML LSCs) was first reported nearly
2 decades ago through the identification of rare subpopulations of engrafting cells in …

Midostaurin plus Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a FLT3 Mutation

RM Stone, SJ Mandrekar, BL Sanford… - … England Journal of …, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and a FLT3 mutation have poor
outcomes. We conducted a phase 3 trial to determine whether the addition of midostaurin …

Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms: when genetics and environment collide

ME McNerney, LA Godley, MM Le Beau - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
Therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (t-MN) arise as a late effect of chemotherapy and/or
radiation administered for a primary condition, typically a malignant disease, solid organ …

Diagnosis and classification of hematologic malignancies on the basis of genetics

J Taylor, W Xiao, O Abdel-Wahab - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
Genomic analysis has greatly influenced the diagnosis and clinical management of patients
affected by diverse forms of hematologic malignancies. Here, we review how genetic …

Increased vascular permeability in the bone marrow microenvironment contributes to disease progression and drug response in acute myeloid leukemia

D Passaro, A Di Tullio, A Abarrategi, K Rouault-Pierre… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
The biological and clinical behaviors of hematological malignancies can be influenced by
the active crosstalk with an altered bone marrow (BM) microenvironment. In the present …

Loss of the histone methyltransferase EZH2 induces resistance to multiple drugs in acute myeloid leukemia

S Göllner, T Oellerich, S Agrawal-Singh, T Schenk… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), therapy resistance frequently occurs, leading to high
mortality among patients. However, the mechanisms that render leukemic cells drug …

Cytarabine and daunorubicin for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia

T Murphy, KWL Yee - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common acute forms of leukemia in
adults. It has a poor long-term survival with a high relapse rate and at relapse, is commonly …

Persistence of pre-leukemic clones during first remission and risk of relapse in acute myeloid leukemia

M Rothenberg-Thurley, S Amler, D Goerlich, T Köhnke… - Leukemia, 2017 - nature.com
Some patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are in complete remission after
induction chemotherapy harbor persisting pre-leukemic clones, carrying a subset of …

Frontline treatment of acute myeloid leukemia in adults

G Tamamyan, T Kadia, F Ravandi, G Borthakur… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent years have highlighted significant progress in understanding the underlying genetic
and epigenetic signatures of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Most importantly, novel …