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High-sensitivity detection of BCR-ABL kinase domain mutations in imatinib-naive patients: correlation with clonal cytogenetic evolution but not response to therapy.
Blood - 15 Sept 2005
Willis Stephanie G, Lange Thoralf, Demehri Shadmehr, Otto Sandra, Crossman Lucy, Niederwieser Dietger, Stoffregen Eric P, McWeeney Shannon, Kovacs Ines, Park Byung, Druker Brian J, Deininger Michael W
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the kinase domain (KD) of BCR-ABL are the leading cause of acquired imatinib resistance. In some cases, identical mutations were detected at relapse and in pretherapeutic specimens, consistent with selection of resistant clones in the presence of drug. However, the incidence of KD mutations in imatinibnaive patients, irrespective of response to therapy, is unknown. We studied mutation frequency in 66...
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