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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Tom Shi
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-2535 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Crossman Lucy C LC Mori Motomi M Hsieh Yi-Ching YC Lange Thoralf T Paschka Peter P Harrington Christina A CA Krohn Knut K Niederwieser Dietger W DW Hehlmann Rüdiger R Hochhaus Andreas A Druker Brian J BJ Deininger Michael W N MW
Haematologica 20050401 4
<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Imatinib induces complete cytogenetic responses (CCR) in the majority of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase (CP). However, a subgroup of patients is refractory at the cytogenetic level. Clinically, it would be advantageous to identify such patients a priori, since they may benefit from more aggressive therapy.<h4>Design and methods</h4>To elucidate mechanisms underlying cytogenetic refractoriness, we used Affymetrix oligonucleotide arr ...[more]