The frontline treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic phase: Current clinical decisions and future prospects for treatment

Expert Review of Hematology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575-586

  Jain, Nitin ^a   O'Brien, Susan ^a  

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

Author keywords

chronic myelogenous leukemia; dasatinib; imatinib; treatment; tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BOSUTINIB; CYTARABINE; DASATINIB; HOMOHARRINGTONINE; IMATINIB; NILOTINIB; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PONATINIB;

ANEMIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE PAIN; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MUSCLE CRAMP; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC-PHASE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885927197     PISSN: 17474086     EISSN: 17474094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17474086.2013.835697     Document Type: Review

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