The development of imatinib as a therapeutic agent for chronic myeloid leukemia

M Deininger, E Buchdunger, BJ Druker - Blood, 2005 - ashpublications.org
Imatinib has revolutionized drug therapy of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Preclinical
studies were promising but the results of clinical trials by far exceeded expectations …

The biology of CML blast crisis

B Calabretta, D Perrotti - Blood, 2004 - ashpublications.org
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) evolves from a chronic phase characterized by the
Philadelphia chromosome as the sole genetic abnormality into blast crisis, which is often …

Biology of chronic myeloid leukemia and possible therapeutic approaches to imatinib-resistant disease

C Yoshida, JV Melo - International journal of hematology, 2004 - Springer
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a stem cell disorder caused by a constitutively activated
tyrosine kinase, the Bcr-Abl oncoprotein. An inhibitor of this tyrosine kinase, imatinib …