New agents in the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1028-1037

  Pinilla Ibarz, Javier ^a   Quintás Cardama, Alfonso ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic myeloid leukemia; Imatinib intolerant; Imatinib resistance; Second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BOSUTINIB; DASATINIB; IMATINIB; NILOTINIB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANEMIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOGENETICS; DIARRHEA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RASH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; THERAPY RESISTANCE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 72149098818     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2009.0066     Document Type: Review

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