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Richard F. Schlenk is affiliated with the University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany. Their research primarily spans medicine, with a strong focus on hematology and molecular biology.

The main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Key subfields of their research cover:

  • Hematology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Oncology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

They have contributed extensively to several topics, notably:

  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Research
  • Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Blood
  • Haematologica
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma & Leukemia
  • Leukemia

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Richard F. Schlenk span various aspects of leukemia and cancer genomics, as listed below:

  • Quizartinib plus chemotherapy in newly diagnosed patients with FLT3-internal-tandem-duplication-positive acute myeloid leukaemia (QuANTUM-First): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial, 2023, The Lancet
  • Comprehensive Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis for Guiding Therapeutic Decisions in Patients with Rare Cancers, 2021, Cancer Discovery
  • NRG1 fusion-driven tumors: biology, detection, and the therapeutic role of afatinib and other ErbB-targeting agents, 2020, Annals of Oncology
  • Clonal evolution of acute myeloid leukemia with FLT3-ITD mutation under treatment with midostaurin, 2021, Blood
  • The Molecular Tumor Board Portal supports clinical decisions and automated reporting for precision oncology, 2022, Nature Cancer

Richard F. Schlenk has close collaborative ties with several coauthors, including:

  • Carsten Müller-Tidow
  • Mark J. Levis
  • Stefan Fröhling
  • Pau Montesinos
  • Alexander E. Perl

Best Publications

  • Genomic Classification and Prognosis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Elli Papaemmanuil;Moritz Gerstung;Lars Bullinger;Verena I Gaidzik

  • Mutations and Treatment Outcome in Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia

    Richard F. Schlenk;Konstanze Döhner;Jürgen Krauter;Stefan Fröhling

  • Midostaurin plus Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a FLT3 Mutation

    Richard M. Stone;Sumithra J. Mandrekar;Ben L. Sanford;Kristina Laumann

  • Retinoic acid and arsenic trioxide for acute promyelocytic leukemia

    F. Lo-Coco;G. Avvisati;M. Vignetti;C. Thiede

  • Use of gene-expression profiling to identify prognostic subclasses in adult acute myeloid leukemia.

    Lars Bullinger;Konstanze Döhner;Eric Bair;Stefan Fröhling

  • Prognostic significance of activating FLT3 mutations in younger adults (16 to 60 years) with acute myeloid leukemia and normal cytogenetics: a study of the AML Study Group Ulm.

    Stefan Fröhling;Richard F. Schlenk;Jochen Breitruck;Axel Benner

  • Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for acute myeloid leukemia in first complete remission: systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective clinical trials.

    John Koreth;Richard Schlenk;Kenneth J. Kopecky;Sumihisa Honda

  • Mutant nucleophosmin (NPM1) predicts favorable prognosis in younger adults with acute myeloid leukemia and normal cytogenetics: interaction with other gene mutations.

    Konstanze Döhner;Richard F Schlenk;Marianne Habdank;Claudia Scholl

  • IDH1 and IDH2 Mutations Are Frequent Genetic Alterations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Confer Adverse Prognosis in Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia With NPM1 Mutation Without FLT3 Internal Tandem Duplication

    Peter Paschka;Richard F. Schlenk;Verena I. Gaidzik;Marianne Habdank

  • p53 gene deletion predicts for poor survival and non-response to therapy with purine analogs in chronic B-cell leukemias.

    Hartmut Döhner;Konstanze Fischer;Martin Bentz;Katrin Hansen

  • Targeting FLT3 mutations in AML: review of current knowledge and evidence.

    Naval Daver;Richard F. Schlenk;Nigel H. Russell;Mark J. Levis

  • TP53 alterations in acute myeloid leukemia with complex karyotype correlate with specific copy number alterations, monosomal karyotype, and dismal outcome.

    Frank G. Rücker;Richard F. Schlenk;Lars Bullinger;Sabine Kayser

  • CEBPA Mutations in Younger Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Normal Cytogenetics: Prognostic Relevance and Analysis of Cooperating Mutations

    Stefan Fröhling;Richard F. Schlenk;Ina Stolze;Jörg Bihlmayr

  • The impact of therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) on outcome in 2853 adult patients with newly diagnosed AML.

    Sabine Kayser;Konstanze Döhner;Jürgen Krauter;Claus Henning Köhne

  • Prognostic impact, concurrent genetic mutations, and gene expression features of AML with CEBPA mutations in a cohort of 1182 cytogenetically normal AML patients: further evidence for CEBPA double mutant AML as a distinctive disease entity

    Erdogan Taskesen;Lars Bullinger;Andrea Corbacioglu;Mathijs A. Sanders

  • Individual Patient Data–Based Meta-Analysis of Patients Aged 16 to 60 Years With Core Binding Factor Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Survey of the German Acute Myeloid Leukemia Intergroup

    RF Schlenk;A Benner;J Krauter;T Buchner

  • Monitoring of Minimal Residual Disease in NPM1-Mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Study From the German-Austrian Acute Myeloid Leukemia Study Group

    Jan Krönke;Richard F. Schlenk;Kai-Ole Jensen;Florian Tschürtz

  • Prognostic Significance of Partial Tandem Duplications of the MLL Gene in Adult Patients 16 to 60 Years Old With Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Normal Cytogenetics: A Study of the Acute Myeloid Leukemia Study Group Ulm

    Konstanze Döhner;Karen Tobis;Regina Ulrich;Stefan Fröhling

  • Differential impact of allelic ratio and insertion site in FLT3-ITD-positive AML with respect to allogeneic transplantation.

    Richard F Schlenk;Sabine Kayser;Lars Bullinger;Guido Kobbe

  • The European LeukemiaNet AML Working Party consensus statement on allogeneic HSCT for patients with AML in remission: an integrated-risk adapted approach

    Jan J. Cornelissen;Alois Gratwohl;Richard F. Schlenk;Jorge Sierra

Frequent Co-Authors

Hartmut Döhner
Hartmut Döhner University of Ulm
Konstanze Döhner
Konstanze Döhner University of Ulm
Arnold Ganser
Arnold Ganser Hannover Medical School
Lars Bullinger
Lars Bullinger Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael Lübbert
Michael Lübbert University of Freiburg
Michael Heuser
Michael Heuser Hannover Medical School
Axel Benner
Axel Benner German Cancer Research Center
Brigitte Schlegelberger
Brigitte Schlegelberger Hannover Medical School
Ulrich Germing
Ulrich Germing Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Gudrun Göhring
Gudrun Göhring Hannover Medical School

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