Acute myeloid leukemia in infants: biology and treatment

• Main Authors: Riccardo eMasetti (Author), Francesca eVendemini (Author), Daniele eZama (Author), Carlotta eBiagi (Author), Andrea ePession (Author), Franco eLocatelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Children aged 0-2 years (i.e. infants) with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are a peculiar subgroup of patients in the childhood AML scenario. They present with distinctive biological and clinical characteristics, including a high prevalence of prognostically unfavorable risk factors and an increased s...