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Detection of drug-resistant clones in chronic myelogenous leukemia patients during dasatinib and nilotinib treatment.
Clinical chemistry - 1 Mar 2010
Gruber Franz X, Ernst Thomas, Kiselev Yuri, Hochhaus Andreas, Mikkola Ingvild
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BACKGROUND: Imatinib effectively inhibits the tyrosine kinase activity conferred by the BCR-ABL gene [fusion gene of BCR (breakpoint cluster region) and ABL1 (c-abl oncogene 1, receptor tyrosine kinase)] and thereby appreciably improves outcomes for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). A small percentage of patients relapse because of the proliferation of escape clones; such relapses can be treated with...
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