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New Methodologies in the Molecular Monitoring of CML.
Current hematologic malignancy reports - 1 Apr 2016
Yeung Cecilia C S, Egan Daniel, Radich Jerald
Abstract excerpt
In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), the BCR-ABL fusion gene is both the therapeutic target of tyrosine kinase inhibitors and the indisputable direct marker of disease burden. Thus, sensitive assays for BCR-ABL now drive therapeutic options and are good surrogates for short- and long-term outcomes. Because CML is such an ideal model, new methods are arising that should make testing in CML faster, more reliable, and...
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