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Second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors as therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia.
Current hematologic malignancy reports - 1 May 2007
Swords Ronan, Alvarado Yesid, Cortes Jorge, Giles Francis J
Abstract excerpt
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) was the first human malignancy to be associated with a single genetic abnormality, characterized by a reciprocal translocation involving chromosomes 9 and 22 (the Philadelphia chromosome). The fusion gene that results (BCR-ABL) produces a constitutively activated tyrosine kinase that exists in different isoforms depending on BCR break-points. Imatinib mesylate is a highly selective...
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