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Significance of Measurable Residual Disease in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Margery Gang, Megan Othus, Roland B Walter

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Significance of CD34Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Margery GangHematology and Oncology Fellowship Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8480-6260
Megan OthusPublic Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8176-6371
Roland B WalterTranslational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9268-3341

Funding

RESEARCH TRAINING IN HEMATOLOGYT32HL007093 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Janis L Abkowitz · 1985 to 2026
$13.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007093NIH/NHLBI T32-HL007093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) remains an important curative-intent treatment for many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), but AML recurrence after allografting is common. Many factors associated with relapse after allogeneic HCT have been identified over the years. Central among these is measurable ("minimal") residual disease (MRD) as detected by multiparameter flow cytometry, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and/or next-generation sequencing. Demonstration of a strong, independent prognostic role of pre- and early post-HCT MRD has raised hopes MRD could also serve as a predictive biomarker to inform treatment decision-making, with emerging data indicating the potential value to guide candidacy assessment for allografting as a post-remission treatment strategy, the selection of conditioning intensity, use of small molecule inhibitors as post-HCT maintenance therapy, and preemptive infusion of donor lymphocytes. Monitoring for leukemia recurrence after HCT and surrogacy for treatment response are other considerations for the clinical use of MRD data. In this review, we will outline the current landscape of MRD as a biomarker for patients with AML undergoing HCT and discuss areas of uncertainty and ongoing research.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationLeukemia, Myeloid, AcuteNeoplasm, ResidualHumansTransplantation, Homologousacute myeloid leukemiaallogeneicbiomarkerhematopoietic cell transplantationmeasurable residual diseaseprognostication

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PMID39996762
PMCPMC11853423

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