Genetic differences between lethal and treatable forms of leukemia discovered
Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 16:21
in Health & Medicine
A tumor's genetic profile is often useful when diagnosing and deciding on treatment for certain cancers, but inexplicably, genetically similar leukemias in different patients do not always respond well to the same therapy. Researchers believe they may have discovered what distinguishes these patients by evaluating the "epigenetic" differences between patients with acute myeloid leukemia.