| Literature DB >> 23997982 |
Melda Comert1, Yusuf Baran, Guray Saydam.
Abstract
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disease characterized by a reciprocal translocation between long arms of chromosomes 9 and 22 t(9;22) that generates the BCR-ABL fusion gene. If left untreated, newly diagnosed chronic phase CML patients finally progress to accelerated and blastic phase. After the introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), treatment strategies of CML changed dramatically. However, the development of resistance to TKIs started to create problems over time. In this review, the current information about CML biology before and after imatinib mesylate treatment is summarized.Entities:
Keywords: Chronic myeloid leukemia; imatinib mesylate; moleculer biology
Year: 2013 PMID: 23997982 PMCID: PMC3755521
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Blood Res ISSN: 2160-1992