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Emerging stem cell concepts for imatinib-resistant chronic myeloid leukaemia: implications for the biology, management, and therapy of the disease.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jul 2008
Valent Peter
Abstract excerpt
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a myeloid neoplasm defined by the BCR/ABL oncoprotein that is considered essential for leukaemogenesis and accumulation of neoplastic cells. The BCR/ABL kinase inhibitor imatinib is an effective agent in most patients and can now be regarded as front-line therapy. Hence, intrinsic and acquired resistance to imatinib has been described and is an emerging challenge in clinical...
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