Abstract
Summary: Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) with t(6;9)(p23;q34) is a rare subtype associated with FLT3-internal tandem duplication (ITD) and poor outcomes. The clinical outcomes of paediatric patients with t(6;9) with and without FLT3-ITD treated on six consecutive cooperative trails were evaluated. In contrast to patients without t(6;9), those with t(6;9) had a significantly lower complete remission rate, higher relapse rate (RR), and poor overall survival (OS). Within t(6;9) patients, those with and without FLT3-ITD had an OS of 40% and 27% respectively (P > 0·9), demonstrating that t(6;9) is a high-risk cytogenetic feature in paediatric AML and its clinical impact is independent of the presence of FLT3-ITD.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 254-259 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | British journal of haematology |
Volume | 166 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Acute myeloid leukaemia
- Clinical outcome
- FLT3-ITD
- Paediatric
- T(6; 9)(p23; q34)