Diagnosis and management of acute myeloid leukemia in children and adolescents: recommendations from an international expert panel

…, L Sung, J Stary, CM Zwaan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2012 - ashpublications.org
Despite major improvements in outcome over the past decades, acute myeloid leukemia (AML)
remains a life-threatening malignancy in children, with current survival rates of ∼ 70%. …

[HTML][HTML] Collaborative efforts driving progress in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia

CM Zwaan, EA Kolb, D Reinhardt… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diagnosis, treatment, response monitoring, and outcome of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia
(AML) have made enormous progress during the past decades. Because AML is a rare …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric AML: from biology to clinical management

JDE De Rooij, CM Zwaan… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) represents 15%–20% of all pediatric acute
leukemias. Survival rates have increased over the past few decades to ~70%, due to improved …

[HTML][HTML] The MLL recombinome of acute leukemias in 2017

…, JM Cayuela, E Clappier, CN Alonso, CM Zwaan… - Leukemia, 2018 - nature.com
Chromosomal rearrangements of the human MLL/KMT2A gene are associated with infant,
pediatric, adult and therapy-induced acute leukemias. Here we present the data obtained …

The molecular landscape of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia reveals recurrent structural alterations and age-specific mutational interactions

…, B Salhia, S Capone, G Ramsingh, CM Zwaan… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
We present the molecular landscape of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and
characterize nearly 1,000 participants in Children's Oncology Group (COG) AML trials. The COG–…

[HTML][HTML] The MLL recombinome of acute leukemias in 2013

…, M Schrappe, L Sedék, T Szczepański, CM Zwaan… - Leukemia, 2013 - nature.com
Chromosomal rearrangements of the human MLL (mixed lineage leukemia) gene are
associated with high-risk infant, pediatric, adult and therapy-induced acute leukemias. We used …

Phase I/phase II study of blinatumomab in pediatric patients with relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia

…, SR Rheingold, TM Cooper, CM Zwaan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Blinatumomab is a bispecific T-cell engager antibody construct targeting CD19 on
B-cell lymphoblasts. We evaluated the safety, pharmacokinetics, recommended dosage, and …

Dasatinib crosses the blood-brain barrier and is an efficient therapy for central nervous system Philadelphia chromosome–positive leukemia

…, E Elonen, R Paquette, CM Zwaan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
Although imatinib, a BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is used to treat acute Philadelphia
chromosome–positive (Ph + ) leukemia, it does not prevent central nervous system (CNS) …

Novel prognostic subgroups in childhood 11q23/MLL-rearranged acute myeloid leukemia: results of an international retrospective study

…, D Webb, Z Zemanova, CM Zwaan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Translocations involving chromosome 11q23 frequently occur in pediatric acute myeloid
leukemia (AML) and are associated with poor prognosis. In most cases, the MLL gene is …

HOXA9 is required for survival in human MLL-rearranged acute leukemias

…, M van den Heuvel-Eibrink, CM Zwaan… - Blood, The Journal …, 2009 - ashpublications.org
Leukemias that harbor translocations involving the mixed lineage leukemia gene (MLL)
possess unique biologic characteristics and often have an unfavorable prognosis. Gene …