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Current evidence remains inconclusive regarding the prognostic relevance of fusion partners in 11q23\/<jats:italic>KMT2A<\/jats:italic>\u2010rearranged AML. The comprehensive mutational landscape and prognostic implications of co\u2010occurring driver mutations remain poorly characterized.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A comprehensive clinicogenomic analysis of 159 de novo <jats:italic>KMT2A<\/jats:italic>\u2010r AML patients was conducted to assess the correlation between molecular profiles and clinical outcomes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Notably, the <jats:italic>KMT2A::MLLT4<\/jats:italic> subgroup exhibited significantly higher <jats:italic>KRAS<\/jats:italic> mutation frequencies compared to other rearrangement groups (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.05). Survival analysis revealed that the <jats:italic>KMT2A::MLLT4<\/jats:italic> cohort demonstrated trends toward inferior overall survival (OS) and increased cumulative incidence of relapse (CIR) relative to other rearrangement subgroups. Stratified by mutational status, patients with <jats:italic>KRAS<\/jats:italic> mutations exhibited significantly inferior 2\u2010year OS rates (24.6% vs. 50.5%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.001) and higher 2\u2010year CIR (56.3% vs. 34.6%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.018) compared to <jats:italic>KRAS<\/jats:italic> wild\u2010type counterparts. This adverse prognostic association remained in the transplanted cohort (OS: 32.3% vs. 73.5%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001; CIR: 73.6% vs. 23.0%; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001). In contrast, mutations in <jats:italic>NRAS<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>FLT3<\/jats:italic> did not demonstrate statistically significant associations with OS or CIR in either the overall cohort or transplant subgroup. Multivariable Cox regression confirmed <jats:italic>KRAS<\/jats:italic> mutation as an independent adverse prognostic factor for both 2\u2010year OS (hazard ratio [HR],\u00a00.51; 95% CI, 0.31\u20130.84; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.008) and CIR (HR,\u00a01.80; 95% CI, 1.04\u20133.12; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a0.037) in the overall cohort. 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