Occurrence of Carcinoma of the Pancreas Following Nilotinib Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Report of a Case with Review of the Literature

Occurrence of Carcinoma of the Pancreas Following Nilotinib Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Report of a Case with Review of the Literature

The patient, a 79-year-old Japanese man, was diagnosed with the chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukemia and begun on nilotinib therapy in April 2011. The therapeutic response was major molecular response in August. About 19 months after the start of nilotinib therapy at 400 mg/day (November 2012),...

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Main Authors: Yasunobu Sekiguchi, Asami Shimada, Moe Matsuzawa, Hidenori Imai, Mutsumi Wakabayashi, Keiji Sugimoto, Noriko Nakamura, Tomohiro Sawada, Junichi Arita, Norio Komatsu, Masaaki Noguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Publishing House 2015-07-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Hematology
Subjects:
chronic myeloid leukemia
nilotinib
secondary malignancy
carcinoma of the pancreas
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