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Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology 2, 540 (1 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncponc0282

Treatment of acute myeloid leukemia with gefitinib: clinical trials recommended

Rachael Williams

Stegmaier K et al. (2005) Gefitinib (Iressa) induces myeloid differentiation of acute myeloid leukemia. Blood 106: 2841–2848 Investigators have identified an FDA-approved drug that increases the degree of myeloid maturation in patients with mutations in differentiation-promoting transcription factors.