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Targeting the BCR-ABL signaling pathway in therapy-resistant Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemia.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Jan 2011
O'Hare Thomas, Deininger Michael W N, Eide Christopher A, Clackson Tim, Druker Brian J
Abstract excerpt
Beginning with imatinib a decade ago, therapy based on targeted inhibition of the BCR-ABL kinase has greatly improved the prognosis for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients. The recognition that some patients experience relapse due to resistance-conferring point mutations within BCR-ABL sparked the development of the second-generation ABL kinase inhibitors nilotinib and dasatinib. Collectively, these drugs...
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