Re:Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable
by vdenis on Monday June 16, 2025 @09:36AM
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Hi,
First time poster here, long time lurker, germline RUNX1-mutant myself. Father got AML, three decades of thrombocypenia for me, child is mutant as well, no event fortunately but under surveillance. Good news for your child!
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Re:Childhood leukemia: how a deadly cancer became treatable
by CobaltFire on Monday June 16, 2025 @01:25PM
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Fortunately only his cancer was RUNX1, not his whole genome. It was also trisomy-21. Essentially he had what his doc described as the "stereotypical" B-ALL for individuals with Down Syndrome, but he doesn't have it.