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SUBMITTER: Jabbour EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4160831 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jabbour Elias J EJ Cortes Jorge E JE Kantarjian Hagop M HM
Clinical lymphoma, myeloma & leukemia 20130726 5
The development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has led to extended lifespans for many patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). However, 20% to 30% of patients fail to respond, respond suboptimally, or experience disease relapse after treatment with imatinib. A key factor is drug resistance. The molecular mechanisms implicated in this resistance include those that involve upregulation or mutation of BCR-ABL kinase and those that are BCR-ABL independent. The clinical consequences of ...[more]