Identifying Acute Myeloid Leukemia Gene Mutations May Indicate Risk, Best Treatment
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
An international group of researchers, including those from Moffitt Cancer Center, have published a paper in the March 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reviewing the results of a study that analyzed mutations in 18 genes of 398 patients who had acute myeloid leukemia (AML). They found that several mutated genes predicted improved outcomes when patients with certain gene mutations were given high-dose induction chemotherapy.