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SUBMITTER: San Jose-Eneriz E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2743636 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
San José-Enériz Edurne E Román-Gómez José J Jiménez-Velasco Antonio A Garate Leire L Martin Vanesa V Cordeu Lucia L Vilas-Zornoza Amaia A Rodríguez-Otero Paula P Calasanz María José MJ Prósper Felipe F Agirre Xabier X
Molecular cancer 20090901
The development of Imatinib Mesylate (IM), the first specific inhibitor of BCR-ABL1, has had a major impact in patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), establishing IM as the standard therapy for CML. Despite the clinical success obtained with the use of IM, primary resistance to IM and molecular evidence of persistent disease has been observed in 20-25% of IM treated patients. The existence of second generation TK inhibitors, which are effective in patients with IM resistance, makes identi ...[more]