Accelerated phase chronic myeloid leukemia: evaluation of clinical criteria as predictors of survival, major cytogenetic response and progression to blast phase

Accelerated phase chronic myeloid leukemia: evaluation of clinical criteria as predictors of survival, major cytogenetic response and progression to blast phase

BACKGROUND: Published criteria defining the accelerated phase in chronic myeloid leukemia are heterogeneous and little is known about predictors of poor outcome.METHODS: This is a retrospective study of 139 subjects in the accelerated phase of chronic myeloid leukemia treated with imatinib at a sing...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Fiorini Furtado, Gustavo Rengel Santos, Denise Siqueira de Carvalho, Pedro Vinícius Staziaki, Ricardo Pasquini, Vaneuza Araújo Moreira Funke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
Subjects:
Chronic myeloid leukemia
Accelerated phase
Imatinib
Prognostic factor
Mortality
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