New strategies in myelodysplastic syndromes: Application of molecular diagnostics to clinical practice

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1637-1643

  Tothova, Zuzana ^a,b   Steensma, David P ^b   Ebert, Benjamin L ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 2; JANUS KINASE 2; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ASXL1 GENE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNMT3A GENE; EPIGENETICS; ETV6 GENE; EZH2 GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; IDH1 GENE; IDH2 GENE; JAK2 GENE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NPM1 GENE; NRAS GENE; ONCOGENE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUNX1 GENE; SF3B1 GENE; SOMATIC MUTATION; TET2 GENE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; U2AF1 GENE;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84877097787     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: 15573265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-1251     Document Type: Review

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