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7q31

Tuesday 1 November 2005

Pathology

- acquired complete and partial deletions of chromosome 7 in tumors

- In acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) and preleukemic myelodysplasia (MDS), loss of chromosome 7 portends a poor clinical outcome.

- 7q31 amplification or amp(7)(q31) (MET) in various cancers