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Jan Cerny, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology-Oncology; Associate Director, Cancer Research Office; Director, Leukemia Program; Co-Director of Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Program, UMass Chan Medical School

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Jan Cerny, MD, PhD

Research Focus - Translational and Clinical Research in Leukemia

Conducting translational research to improve our understanding of the biology of leukemia stem cells and their microenvironment, and to identify potential targets
Conducting clinical research to evaluate novel therapies for patients with hematological malignancies including targeted, cellular, and immune approaches

Representative Publication

Cerny J, Yu H, Ramanathan M, et al. Expression of CD25 independently predicts early treatment failure of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Br J Haemat. 2013; 160(2):262-266.

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