Emerging drugs in chronic myelogenous leukaemia

Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-664

  Bocchia, Monica ^a   Forconi, Francesco ^a   Lauria, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BCR ABL; Chronic myelogenous leukaemia; Drug resistance; Imatinib; Immunotherapy; Kinase inhibitor; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 2 (2 CHLORO 4 IODOANILINO) N CYCLOPROPYLMETHOXY 3,4 DIFLUOROBENZAMIDE; 2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; 3 BENZYL 7 CYANO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 1 (1H IMIDAZOL 4 YLMETHYL) 4 (2 THIENYLSULFONYL) 1H 1,4 BENZODIAZEPINE; 4 METHYL N [3 (4 METHYL 1 IMIDAZOLYL) 5 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 [4 (3 PYRIDINYL) 2 PYRIMIDINYLAMINO]BENZAMIDE; 6 (2,6 DICHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 FLUORO 3 METHYLANILINO) 8 METHYL 8H PYRIDO[2,3 D]PYRIMIDIN 7 ONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AP 23573; BUSULFAN; CGP 76030; EVEROLIMUS; GELDANAMYCIN; HYDROXYUREA; IMATINIB; LONAFARNIB; N (2 CHLORO 6 METHYLPHENYL) 2 [6 [4 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL] 2 METHYL 4 PYRIMIDINYLAMINO] 5 THIAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; NILOTINIB; ON 012380; OSU 03012; PD 166326; PD 173955; PENICILLOYL POLYLYSINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RAPAMYCIN; TEMSIROLIMUS; TIPIFARNIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VX 680; WORTMANNIN;

CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; DRUGS, INVESTIGATIONAL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC;

EID: 33750949760     PISSN: 14728214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728214.11.4.651     Document Type: Review

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