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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(9):641; doi:10.1093/jnci/96.9.641
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Small Gene Changes in Some Leukemia Patients May Explain Varying Responses to Chemotherapy

Sarah L. Zielinski

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301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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A new study provides evidence that may explain why some patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are resistant to chemotherapy and have a shorter survival time and may identify a potential new target for treating the disease. Patients who had an insertion in the promoter region of a gene that regulates apoptosis, or programmed cell death, were more likely to have a poor . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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