Sadaf Shahab, Tahirs Shamsi, Nuzhat Ahmed
National Institute of Blood Diseases and Bone Marrow Transplantation, ST2/A block17Gulshan-e-iqbal, KDA, Scheme24,Karachi. sadaf_shahab99@yahoo.com
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP 2012AML (Acute myeloid leukemia) is a form of blood cancer where growth of myeloid cells occurs in the bone marrow. The prognosis is poor in general for many reasons. One is the presence of leukaemia-specific recognition markers such as FLT3 (fms-like tyrosine kinase 3). Another name of FLT3 is stem cell tyrosine kinase-1 (STK1), which is known to take part in proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis of hematopoietic cells, usually being present on haemopoietic progenitor cells in the bone marrow. FLT3 act as an independent prognostic factor for AML. Although a vast literature is available about the association of FLT3 with AML there still is a need of a brief up to date overview which draw a clear picture about this association and their effect on overall survival.
Sadaf Shahab, Tahirs Shamsi, Nuzhat Ahmed. Molecular involvement and prognostic importance of fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 in acute myeloid leukemia. Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP. 2012;13(9):4215-20
PMID: 23167317
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