Chronic myelogenous leukemia

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-110

  O'Brien, Susan ^a   Abboud, Camille N ^b   Akhtari, Mojtaba ^c   Altman, Jessica ^d   Berman, Ellin ^e   DeAngelo, Daniel J ^f   Devine, Steven ^g   Fathi, Amir T ^h   Gotlib, Jason ⁱ   Jagasia, Madan ^j   Moore, Joseph O ^k   Pinilla Ibarz, Javier ^l   Radich, Jerald P ^m   Reddy, Vishnu V B ⁿ   Shah, Neil P ^o   Shami, Paul J ^p   Smith, B Douglas ^q   Snyder, David S ^r   Wetzler, Meir ^s   Yunus, Furhan ^t  

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

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f DANA FARBER BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^k DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^m SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^q JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^r CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^s ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

BCR ABL; Chronic myelogenous leukemia; Dasatinib; Imatinib; NCCN clinical practice guidelines; NCCN guidelines; Nilotinib; Stem cell transplant; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BCR ABL PROTEIN; CYTARABINE; DASATINIB; IMATINIB; NILOTINIB;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ASCITES; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONCEPTION; CYTOPENIA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84863415772     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0009     Document Type: Review

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