Response-related predictors of survival in CML

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 227-239

  Hanfstein, Benjamin ^a   Müller, Martin C ^a   Hochhaus, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

BCR ABL1; Chronic myeloid leukemia; Imatinib; Imatinib resistance; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

BOSUTINIB; DASATINIB; IMATINIB; NILOTINIB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BCR ABL PROTEIN; BCR-ABL1 FUSION PROTEIN, HUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGRESSION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG MONITORING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRUG MONITORING; FUSION PROTEINS, BCR-ABL; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84925986690     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: 14320584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-015-2327-x     Document Type: Review

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