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Predictors of primary imatinib resistance in chronic myelogenous leukemia are distinct from those in secondary imatinib resistance.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Aug 2009
Zhang Wenyong W, Cortes Jorge E, Yao Hui, Zhang Li, Reddy Neelima G, Jabbour Elias, Kantarjian Hagop M, Jones Dan
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PURPOSE: A subset of patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) do not respond to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) imatinib mesylate. Such primary imatinib resistance is distinguished from secondary resistance which reemerges after attainment of cytogenetic remission. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied gene expression patterns in total WBCs using a panel of 21 genes previously implicated in TKI handling,...
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