Chronic Myeloid Leukemia ‘To Become A Very Indolent Disease’: Pregnancy Possible, Transplants Avoided—Mission Accomplished?

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia ‘To Become A Very Indolent Disease’: Pregnancy Possible, Transplants Avoided—Mission Accomplished?

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21 April 2009

11th Annual Palm Beach Cancer Symposium (April 3-4, 2009 Hollywood, Florida)—Peter Goodwin interviews Hagop Kantarjian MD from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston about his latest findings on tre

Hagop Kantarjian MD

Hagop Kantarjian MD

11th Annual Palm Beach Cancer Symposium (April 3-4, 2009 Hollywood, Florida)—Peter Goodwin interviews Hagop Kantarjian MD from the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston about his latest findings on treating CML in patients who have the T315I mutation. He also discusses the feasibility of patients becoming pregnant while having tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment (among those who have achieved stability for at least two years); and talks about the decreased need for allogeneic transplant.



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