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Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms

So-called “blast phase” of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: a plea for uniform terminology

Leukemia volume 32, page 2716 (2018)Cite this article

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We read with interest the recent article by Patnaik et al. in Leukemia [1]. The authors describe a large cohort of patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia with progression to so-called “blast phase” CMML and demonstrate poor outcomes in this cohort.

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  1. Patnaik MM, et al. Blast phase chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: Mayo-MDACC collaborative study of 171 cases. Leukemia. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-018-0143-8. [Epub ahead of print]

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Margolskee, E. So-called “blast phase” of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: a plea for uniform terminology. Leukemia 32, 2716 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-018-0186-x

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