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LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA
Volume 64, Issue 3, Pages 540-550Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2022.2136969
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p53; AML; MDS; myeloid malignancy; WHO 2022; ICC 2022
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Pathogenic alterations of TP53 are a poor prognostic factor in MDS and AML. TP53 mutations drive resistance to chemotherapy. Novel treatment combinations improve response rates but not survival. Future research should focus on finding new therapies.
Pathogenic alterations of TP53 are an independent poor prognostic factor in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Clinical course of TP53- altered myeloid neoplasms is dictated by genetic characteristics, such as TP53 allelic state and variant allele frequency (VAF), and not the blast count. Hence, it was recently proposed that MDS (with increased blasts) and AML with TP53 alterations may be best classified as a single molecular disease entity, TP53-mutated higher-risk (HR)-MDS/AML. TP53 mutations drive resistance to intensive chemotherapies and less intensive hypomethylating agents (HMA). Novel combinations incorporating BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax improve response rates for TP53-mutated subgroup, but the survival is not improved. Early clinical studies combining HMA with investigational agents demonstrated activity in TP53-mutated HR-MDS/AML, but updated results with larger samples, longer follow-up, or randomized trials were less impressive to date. Future research should focus on finding novel, potentially disease-modifying therapies to improve outcomes in patients with TP53-mutated HR-MDS/AML.
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