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We thank all clinicians and scientists who contributed the material for this study. This study was supported in part by the following PHS Cooperative Agreement grant numbers awarded by the National Cancer Institute, DHHS: CA32102, CA21115, CA31946, CA33601, CA41287, CA77658, CA101140, CA13539, CA98543, CA30969, K23 CA92405, and The Leukemia Clinical Research Foundation.
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Slovak, M., Gundacker, H., Bloomfield, C. et al. A retrospective study of 69 patients with t(6;9)(p23;q34) AML emphasizes the need for a prospective, multicenter initiative for rare ‘poor prognosis’ myeloid malignancies. Leukemia 20, 1295–1297 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2404233
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