Published in Cancer Weekly, July 20th, 2004
"Following induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), sensitive determination of minimal residual disease (MRD) in patients achieving complete remission (CR) should enable the detection of early relapse and allow intervention at a more favorable stage than at overt relapse," scientists in Denmark say.
"We have determined the expression levels of the Wilms tumor gene (WT1) by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) in peripheral blood and bone marrow in 133 newly diagnosed AML patients and compared them with those in healthy volunteers. At diagnosis, the...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-07-20)
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