Targeted treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia: Role of imatinib

OncoTargets and Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 63-71

  Tamascar, Ila ^a   Ramanarayanan, Jeyanthi ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BCR ABL; CML; Imatinib; Leukemia; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BOSUTINIB; CYTARABINE; DASATINIB; IMATINIB; NILOTINIB; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG INHIBITION; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME POSITIVE CELL; RASH; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

EID: 77953451778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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