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Dasatinib for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukaemia after imatinib failure.
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy - 1 Dec 2007
Hochhaus Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Dasatinib, a potent, oral kinase inhibitor, is presently approved for Philadelphia-positive chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) following imatinib failure. In an in vitro study, dasatinib had 325-fold greater potency than imatinib for inhibiting unmutated BCR-ABL. Phase I and II data show that dasatinib 70 mg b.i.d. is effective after imatinib failure in various phases of CML. Comparative data of dasatinib versus...
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