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SUBMITTER: Larocque EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312196 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Larocque Elizabeth A EA Naganna N N Opoku-Temeng Clement C Lambrecht Alyssa M AM Sintim Herman O HO
ChemMedChem 20180522 12
The introduction of imatinib into the clinical scene revolutionized the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). The overall eight-year survival rate for CML has increased from about 6 % in the 1970s to over 90 % in the imatinib era. However, about 20 % of CML patients harbor primary or acquired resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors. ABL1 point mutations in the BCR-ABL1 fusion protein, such as ABL1(T315I), typically emerge after prolonged kinase inhibitor treatment. Ponatinib (AP24534 ...[more]