Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia: a Genetic and Clinical Update

Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 292-302

  McCullough, Kristen B ^a   Patnaik, Mrinal M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

ASXL1; CMML; Hypomethylating agents; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; AZACITIDINE; CAMPTOTHECIN; CD135 ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; DECITABINE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; ELTROMBOPAG; HYDROXYUREA; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 2; JANUS KINASE 2; LONAFARNIB; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; RAS PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; TOPOTECAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EZH2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; VALPROIC ACID;

CHROMOSOME 7; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EPIGENETICS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONSENSE MUTATION; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PYROSEQUENCING; REVIEW; RING FINGER MOTIF; RISK FACTOR; RNA SPLICING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLICEOSOME; TRISOMY 8; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUTATION; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MUTATION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941736530     PISSN: 15588211     EISSN: 1558822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11899-015-0271-4     Document Type: Review

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