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Impact of baseline BCR-ABL mutations on response to nilotinib in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Sept 2009
Hughes Timothy, Saglio Giuseppe, Branford Susan, Soverini Simona, Kim Dong-Wook, Müller Martin C, Martinelli Giovanni, Cortes Jorge, Beppu Lan, Gottardi Enrico, Kim Dongho, Erben Philipp, Shou Yaping, Haque Ariful, Gallagher Neil, Radich Jerald, Hochhaus Andreas
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Nilotinib is a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase (CP; CML-CP) and accelerated phase (AP; CML-AP) who are resistant to or intolerant of prior imatinib therapy. In this subanalysis of a phase II study of nilotinib in patients with imatinib-resistant or imatinib-intolerant CML-CP, the occurrence and impact...
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