Chronic myeloid leukemia in Asia

WY Au, PB Caguioa, C Chuah, SC Hsu… - International journal of …, 2009 - Springer
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in Asia has an incidence rather lower than in Western
countries yet tends to afflict a younger population. As in the West, imatinib mesylate (IM …

Estimations of the increasing prevalence and plateau prevalence of chronic myeloid leukemia in the era of tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy

X Huang, J Cortes, H Kantarjian - Cancer, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: The annual incidence of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the United
States is approximately 4800 cases. With the success of tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) …

Chronic myeloid leukemia in India

P Ganesan, L Kumar - Journal of global oncology, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Background In the last decade, the use of imatinib has brought a paradigm shift in the
management of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In India, imatinib has been available for …

Drug monitoring of imatinib levels in patients undergoing therapy for chronic myeloid leukaemia: comparing plasma levels of responders and non-responders

N Singh, L Kumar, R Meena, T Velpandian - European journal of clinical …, 2009 - Springer
Purpose Imatinib mesylate is used as first line therapy in the treatment of chronic myeloid
leukaemia. This study was designed to study the correlation of plasma levels of imatinib with …

Response to Imatinib mesylate in chronic myeloid leukemia patients with variant BCR-ABL fusion transcripts

P Sharma, L Kumar, S Mohanty, V Kochupillai - Annals of hematology, 2010 - Springer
Chronic myeloid leukemia patients with different BCR-ABL transcripts might respond
differently to Imatinib mesylate. This prompted us to study BCR-ABL transcripts in chronic …

A study to determine the clinical, hematological, cytogenetic, and molecular profile in CML patient in and around Eastern UP, India

S Kumar, VK Gupta, A Bharti, LP Meena… - Journal of family …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: A study to determine the clinical, hematological, cytogenetic, and molecular
profile in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patient in and around Eastern UP, India. Materials …

Chronic myeloid leukemia in the Asia-Pacific region: current practice, challenges and opportunities in the targeted therapy era

DW Kim, SD Banavali, U Bunworasate, YT Goh… - Leukemia research, 2010 - Elsevier
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) management varies across Asia due to disparities in
affluence and healthcare provision. We surveyed CML management practice at 33 hospitals …

The cure of chronic myeloid leukemia: are we there yet?

T Saikia - Current Oncology Reports, 2018 - Springer
Purpose of Review A large number of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) patients receiving
tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) can now enjoy a deep molecular control of the disease and …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of CYP3A5* 3 and CYP3A5* 6 gene polymorphisms in Indian chronic myeloid leukemia patients

K Sailaja, DN Rao, DR Rao… - Asian Pac J Cancer …, 2010 - researchgate.net
CYP3A5 is a member of the CYP3A gene family which metabolizes 50% of therapeutic
drugs and steroid hormones. CYP3A5* 3 and CYP3A5* 6 polymorphisms exhibit inter …

Therapeutic drug monitoring in cancer chemotherapy

DM Bach, JA Straseski, W Clarke - Bioanalysis, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
For a select number of drugs, proper management of patients includes monitoring serum or
plasma concentrations of the drugs and adjusting the doses accordingly–this practice is …