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Mutations of the BCR-ABL-kinase domain occur in a minority of patients with stable complete cytogenetic response to imatinib.
Leukemia - 1 Mar 2007
Sherbenou D W, Wong M J, Humayun A, McGreevey L S, Harrell P, Yang R, Mauro M, Heinrich M C, Press R D, Druker B J, Deininger M W
Abstract excerpt
Residual leukemia is demonstrable by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction in most patients with chronic myeloid leukemia who obtain a complete cytogenetic response (CCR) to imatinib. In patients who relapse during imatinib therapy, a high rate of mutations in the kinase domain of BCR-ABL have been identified, but the mechanisms underlying disease persistence in patients with a CCR are poorly...
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