title: Molecular diagnostics of acute myeloid leukemia: it's a (next) generational thing.
abstract: This commentary highlights the article by Spencer et al that outlines a novel next-generation sequencing-based method for the detection of FLT3 mutations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19014, USA. wertheig@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Gerald B W
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Wertheim
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daber
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bagg
mesh_terms: D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C497970:FLT3 protein, human; D051941:fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3