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Blood, 15 October 2007, Vol. 110, No. 8, pp. 2828-2837. Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on July 12, 2007; DOI 10.1182/blood-2007-04-038943. This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: blood-2007-04-038943v1 110/8/2828    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Goldman, J. M. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Goldman, J. M. Related Collections Neoplasia Clinical Trials and Observations Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Table of Contents  |  Next Article  HOW I TREAT How I treat chronic myeloid leukemia in the imatinib era John M. Goldman Department of Haematology, Imperial College at Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom Although it is now generally accepted that imatinib is the best initial treatment for patients newly diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in chronic phase, a number of questions remain unanswered. For example, (1) Is imatinib the best initial treatment for every chronic-phase patient? (2) At what dose should imatinib be started? (3) How should response to treatment be monitored? (4) For how long should the drug be continued in patients who have achieved and maintain a complete molecular response? (5) How does one handle a patient who achieves a 2-log but not a 3-log reduction in BCR-ABL transcripts? (6) How should response or failure be defined? (7) For the patient deemed to have failed imatinib, should one offer dasatinib or nilotinib? (8) For the patient who has failed imatinib but has a possible allogeneic transplant donor, should one offer dasatinib or nilotinib before recommending a transplantation? (9) Should the transplantation be myeloablative or reduced intensity conditioning? (10) How should one treat the patient who relapses after allografting? This paper will address these issues, many of which cannot yet be answered definitively. CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this? This article has been cited by other articles: J. S. Khorashad, S. Wagner, L. Greener, D. Marin, A. Reid, D. Milojkovic, H. Patel, S. Willimott, K. Rezvani, G. Gerrard, et al. The level of BCR-ABL1 kinase activity before treatment does not identify chronic myeloid leukemia patients who fail to achieve a complete cytogenetic response on imatinib Haematologica, June 1, 2009; 94(6): 861 - 864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] M. Arora, D. J. Weisdorf, S. R. Spellman, M. D. Haagenson, J. P. Klein, C. K. Hurley, G. B. Selby, J. H. Antin, N. A. Kernan, C. Kollman, et al. HLA-Identical Sibling Compared With 8/8 Matched and Mismatched Unrelated Donor Bone Marrow Transplant for Chronic Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia J. Clin. Oncol., April 1, 2009; 27(10): 1644 - 1652. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] R. A. Larson, B. J. Druker, F. Guilhot, S. G. O'Brien, G. J. Riviere, T. Krahnke, I. Gathmann, Y. Wang, and for the IRIS (International Randomized Interferon Imatinib pharmacokinetics and its correlation with response and safety in chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia: a subanalysis of the IRIS study Blood, April 15, 2008; 111(8): 4022 - 4028. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] L. K. Kenealy, C. B. Christenson, and C. B. Williams Current Therapies for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Journal of Pharmacy Practice, April 1, 2008; 21(2): 116 - 125. [Abstract] [PDF] M. Baccarani, F. Pane, and G. Saglio Monitoring treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia Haematologica, February 1, 2008; 93(2): 161 - 169. [Full Text] [PDF]

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