Changes to This Summary (04/04/2013)
The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.
Classification of Pediatric Myeloid Malignancies
Added text to state that a follow-up study by the international collaborative group demonstrated that additional cytogenetic abnormalities further influenced outcome of children with MLL translocations, with complex karyotypes and trisomy 19 predicting poor outcome and trisomy 8 predicting a more favorable outcome.
Treatment Overview for Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
Added Loken et al. as reference 52.
Added Sorrell et al. as reference 24.
Therapy-Related AML/Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Added this new section.
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