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Dasatinib in imatinib-resistant Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemias.
The New England journal of medicine - 15 Jun 2006
Talpaz Moshe, Shah Neil P, Kantarjian Hagop, Donato Nicholas, Nicoll John, Paquette Ron, Cortes Jorge, O'Brien Susan, Nicaise Claude, Bleickardt Eric, Blackwood-Chirchir M Anne, Iyer Vishwanath, Chen Tai-Tsang, Huang Fei, Decillis Arthur P, Sawyers Charles L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib is effective in Philadelphia chromosome-positive (Ph-positive) leukemias, but relapse occurs, mainly as a result of the outgrowth of leukemic subclones with imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL mutations. We evaluated dasatinib, a BCR-ABL inhibitor that targets most imatinib-resistant BCR-ABL mutations, in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) or...
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