Current CML therapy: progress and dilemma

Rarely has progress in treatment of leukemia been as dramatic and convincing as with the BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib.1 Imatinib induces remissions of CML as fast as hydroxyurea, achieves rates of cytogenetic remissions that by far exceed those induced by interferon α and has a toxicit...

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1. Verfasser: Hehlmann, Rüdiger (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 23 May 2003
In: Leukemia
Year: 2003, Jahrgang: 17, Heft: 6, Pages: 1010-1012
ISSN:1476-5551
DOI:10.1038/sj.leu.2402951
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402951
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/2402951
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Verfasserangaben:R. Hehlmann
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Zusammenfassung:Rarely has progress in treatment of leukemia been as dramatic and convincing as with the BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib.1 Imatinib induces remissions of CML as fast as hydroxyurea, achieves rates of cytogenetic remissions that by far exceed those induced by interferon α and has a toxicity profile as favourable as that of hydroxyurea and much superior to that of interferon α.2 In addition, the causal approach of this new drug, which may well serve as a model for new treatment modalities in other neoplasias is reassuring.
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ISSN:1476-5551
DOI:10.1038/sj.leu.2402951