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Laboratory recommendations for scoring deep molecular responses following treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia.
Leukemia - 1 May 2015
Cross N C P, White H E, Colomer D, Ehrencrona H, Foroni L, Gottardi E, Lange T, Lion T, Machova Polakova K, Dulucq S, Martinelli G, Oppliger Leibundgut E, Pallisgaard N, Barbany G, Sacha T, Talmaci R, Izzo B, Saglio G, Pane F, Müller M C, Hochhaus A
Abstract excerpt
Treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) with tyrosine kinase inhibitors has advanced to a stage where many patients achieve very low or undetectable levels of disease. Remarkably, some of these patients remain in sustained remission when treatment is withdrawn, suggesting that they may be at least operationally cured of their disease. Accurate definition of deep molecular responses (MRs) is therefore...
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