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Combination therapies against chronic myeloid leukemia: short-term versus long-term strategies.
Cancer research - 1 Jun 2009
Komarova Natalia L, Wodarz Dominik
Abstract excerpt
During therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), decline of the number of BCR-ABL transcripts has been shown to follow a biphasic pattern, with a fast phase followed by a slower phase. Hence, sustained remission requires a long phase of therapy. Data indicate that a combination of different available targeted drugs might prevent treatment failure due to drug resistance, especially at advanced stages of the...
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