Chronic myeloid leukemia: 2012 update on diagnosis, monitoring, and management
Open Access
- 8 June 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Hematology
- Vol. 87 (11), 1037-1045
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.23282
Abstract
Disease overview: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm with an incidence of one–two cases per 100,000 adults and accounts for ∼15% of newly diagnosed cases of leukemia in adults. Diagnosis: CML is characterized by a balanced genetic translocation, t(9;22)(q34;q11.2), involving a fusion of the Abelson oncogene (ABL) from chromosome 9q34 with the breakpoint cluster region (BCR) gene on chromosome 22q11.2. This rearrangement is known as the Philadelphia chromosome. The molecular consequence of this translocation is the generation of a BCR‐ABL fusion oncogene, which in turn translates into a Bcr‐Abl oncoprotein. Frontline therapy: Three tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), imatinib, nilotinib, and dasatinib, have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the first‐line treatment of patients with newly diagnosed CML in chronic phase (CML‐CP). Clinical trials with 2nd generation TKIs reported significantly deeper and faster responses; their impact on long‐term survival remains to be determined. Salvage therapy: For patients who fail standard‐dose imatinib therapy, imatinib dose escalation is a second‐line option. Alternative second‐line options include 2nd generation TKIs. Although both are potent and specific BCR‐ABL TKIs, dasatinib and nilotinib exhibit unique pharmacological profiles and response patterns relative to different patient characteristics, such as disease stage and BCR‐ABL mutational status. Patients who develop the T315I “gatekeeper” mutation display resistance to all currently available TKIs and are candidate for clinical trials. Allogeneic transplantation remains an important therapeutic option for CML‐CP harboring the T315I mutation, patients who fail 2nd generation TKIs, and for all patients in advanced phase disease. Am. J. Hematol., 2012.This publication has 64 references indexed in Scilit:
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