Abstract:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow with a low two‐year survival rate. Standard chemotherapy achieves complete remission in 60–80% of patients, but 20–30% patients relapse due to leukemia stem cells (LSCs) that can self‐renew and recapitulate disease. AML with TP53 alterations has a lower prognosis with survival rates of 0–10% at one year. In vitro drug screens have identified drugs to target AML, but none have studied the effect of these therapies on LSCs with TP53 alteration… Show more
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