CpG Island Methylator Phenotype Redefines the Prognostic Effect of t(12;21) in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Open Access
- 15 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Clinical Cancer Research
- Vol. 12 (16) , 4845-4850
- https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-05-2592
Abstract
Purpose: To examine cancer genes undergoing epigenetic inactivation in a set of ETV6/RUNX1-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemias in order to define the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in the disease and evaluate its relationship with clinical features and outcome.Keywords
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