AUTHOR=Riva Laura , Luzi Lucilla , Pelicci Pier Giuseppe TITLE=Genomics of Acute Myeloid Leukemia: The Next Generation JOURNAL=Frontiers in Oncology VOLUME=2 YEAR=2012 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/oncology/articles/10.3389/fonc.2012.00040 DOI=10.3389/fonc.2012.00040 ISSN=2234-943X ABSTRACT=

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is, as other types of cancer, a genetic disorder of somatic cells. The detection of somatic molecular abnormalities that may cause and maintain AML is crucial for patient stratification. The development of mutation-specific therapeutic interventions will hopefully increase cure rates and improve patients’ quality of life. This review illustrates how next generation sequencing technologies are changing the study of cancer genomics of adult AML patients.