New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukemia

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Fri, 12/04/2009 - 23:00

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants.

By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers expect to better predict which infants may benefit from particular treatments.

Oncologists also aim to use this latest knowledge to develop new and more effective therapies for this difficult-to-treat type of blood cancer, called acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

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