Antonio Perez-Castro, Lynne V Abruzzo, Christopher C Oakes
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Abstract
This review explores how epigenetic information, and in particular DNA methylation-based "epitypes," enhances our understanding of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) biology and prognosis. Epitypes correlate with B-cell maturation stages and outperform traditional biomarkers like immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region mutation status in predicting outcomes. The stability and specificity of CLL epigenetic patterns offer insights into disease history, risk stratification, and treatment response, even amid evolving therapeutic landscape. Emerging epigenetic signatures, including proliferative indices, further refine patient classification and outcome prediction, underscoring the potential clinical utility of integrating epigenetic data in CLL management.
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Hematology/Oncology Clinics updates you on the latest trends in patient management, keeps you up to date on the newest advances, and provides a sound basis for choosing treatment options. Under the direction of an experienced guest editor, each issue focuses on a single topic in hematology and oncology, including hemostasis and thrombosis, molecular and cellular basis of hematology, coagulation disorders, and cancers—bone, gastrointestinal, head and neck, lymphomas, neuroendocrine, breast, renal cell, melanoma, and more.
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