Measuring response to BCR-ABL inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-311

  Radich, Jerald P ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic myeloid leukemia; Cytogenetic response; Dasatinib; Imatinib; Nilotinib

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BCR ABL PROTEIN; CYTARABINE; DASATINIB; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; IMATINIB; INTERFERON; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; NILOTINIB; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOGENETICS; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; METAPHASE CHROMOSOME; ONCOGENE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PYRIMIDINES; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83755171527     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.26280     Document Type: Review

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