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Treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia when imatinib fails.
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy - 1 Feb 2011
Hehlmann Rüdiger, Jung-Munkwitz Susanne, Saussele Susanne
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INTRODUCTION: Imatinib failure represents a major clinical challenge in the management of chronic myeloid leukemia. AREAS COVERED: Definition of failure, its causes, the various approaches to the treatment of imatinib failure such as imatinib dose escalation, second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitors and stem cell transplantation, and monitoring of residual disease are covered in this review. Selected...
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