Clinical Validation of the Somatic FANCD2 Mutation (c.2022-5C>T) as a Novel Molecular Biomarker for Early Disease Progression in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Case-Control Study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) results from chromosomal translocation t(9;22) leading to the formation of the BCR-ABL fusion oncogene. CML has three stages: the chronic phase (CP), the accelerated phase (AP), and the blast crisis (BC). Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have revolutionized the treatment of CML. TKIs work well in CP-CML, and these patients have a survival rate similar to the normal population, but TKIs are less effective in advanced-phase CML. Even with current advances in treatment, BC-CML patients have an average overall survival of less than a year. Early recognition of CML patients at risk of disease progression can help in timely interventions with appropriate TKIs or other therapeutic modalities. Although some markers of disease progression like BCR-

SUBMITTER: Alanazi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11270283 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature