Monitoring chronic myelogenous leukemia in the age of tyrosine kinase inhibitors

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-504

  Radich, Jerald P ^a   Oehler, Vivian ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcr abl; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Imatinib mesylate; Molecular monitoring; Treatment monitoring; Tyrosine kinase

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; CYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID [4 [4 (4 METHYL 1 PIPERAZINYL) 6 (5 METHYL 2H PYRAZOL 3 YLAMINO) 2 PYRIMIDINYLTHIO]PHENYL]AMIDE; CYTARABINE; DASATINIB; IMATINIB; INTERFERON; NILOTINIB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SOLID TUMOR;

EID: 34249280911     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2007.0044     Document Type: Article

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