Patient-driven discontinuation of tyrosine kinase inhibitors: Single institution experience

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2879-2886

  Benjamini, Ohad ^a   Kantarjian, Hagop ^a   Rios, Mary Beth ^a   Jabbour, Elias ^a   O'Brien, Susan ^a   Jain, Preetesh ^a   Cardenas Turanzas, Marylou ^a   Faderl, Stefan ^a   Garcia Manero, Guillermo ^a   Ravandi, Farhad ^a   Borthakur, Gautam ^a   Quintas Cardama, Alfonso ^a   Cortes, Jorge ^a  

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

Author keywords

CML; Discontinuation; Treatment; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

BOSUTINIB; DASATINIB; IMATINIB; NILOTINIB; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL LOSS; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE MOLECULAR RESPONSE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE RISK; RESPONSE VARIABLE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC-PHASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, CHRONIC-PHASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919445439     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2013.831092     Document Type: Article

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