Abstract:Background:Background: AML is the 2nd most frequently diagnosed blood cancer in children affecting approximately 130 patients annually in Germany. Pediatric AML is a heterogeneous malignancy that has multiple genetic aberrations. This is relevant for classification, prognosis and selection of optimal therapy. To detect these alterations established procedures (karyotyping, FISH, RNA-based techniques) are used with well-known limitations (resolution of karyotyping and FISH, respectively; cell cultivation is nec… Show more
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