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Monitoring minimal residual disease in BCR-ABL-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in the imatinib era.
Current opinion in hematology - 1 Jan 2005
Goldman John
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The total number of leukemia cells in the body is reduced very substantially in patients with BCR-ABL-positive chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) responding to imatinib. This reduction is seen first as restoration of Ph negativity in blood and marrow and thereafter as decreasing BCR-ABL transcript levels assayed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Most patients with newly diagnosed...
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