Current Concepts in Pediatric Philadelphia Chromosome Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ ALL)
The t(9;22)(q34;q11) or Philadelphia chromosome that creates a BCR-ABL1 fusion gene encoding for a chimeric BCR-ABL1 protein is present in 3-4% of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL), and about 25% of adult ALL cases. Prior to the advent of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), Ph+ ALL was...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Oncology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00054/full |