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 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia:
Chronic myelogenous leukemia: a multivariate analysis of the associations of patient characteristics and therapy with survival.
Accelerated phase chronic myelogenous leukemia is characterized by greater than 5% blasts in either the peripheral blood or bone marrow but 30% or less blasts in both the peripheral blood and bone marrow.
Chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia is characterized by bone marrow and cytogenetic findings as described above with 5% or less blasts and promyelocytes in the peripheral blood and bone marrow.
http://www.acor.org/cnet/62876.html   (7322 words)

  
 MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
Chronic myelogenous leukemia is a malignant cancer of the bone marrow.
However, the vast majority of people treated for cancer with radiation do not go on to develop leukemia.
Interferon has been used to achieve temporary remission.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000570.htm   (816 words)

  
 CML Support: Most Comprehensive Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Information
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (pronounced my-ah-lah-jeh-nes) is a cancer of the bone marrow.
Read about chronic myeloid leukemia, treatments, side effects, Gleevec, personal stories, CML research, bone marrow biopsies, bone marrow transplants and much more.
Find a clinical trial for your stage of CML and learn more about how clinical trials work.
http://www.cmlsupport.com   (2174 words)

  
 Leukemia Chronic Myelogenous
Radiation for CML usually comes from a machine outside the body (external radiation therapy) and is sometimes used to relieve symptoms or as part of therapy given before a bone marrow transplant.
Bone marrow transplantation is used to replace the patient's bone marrow with healthy bone marrow.
The bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside the large bones in the body.
http://www.medhelp.org/lib/cancernet/201031.htm   (2126 words)

  
 Chronic myelogenous leukemia
For most people with CML, this drug therapy is the first line of therapy.
CML can also cause bone pain or joint pain and swelling of the spleen or liver.
The term leukemia can be confusing, because it refers to a batch of cancers that aren't all that similar except for the fact that they affect the bone marrow and blood.
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00564.html   (2592 words)

  
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
A clinical trial of biologic therapy, combination chemotherapy, or other drug therapy (Gleevec).
Chemotherapy as palliative therapy to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life.
Also known as immunotherapy, biotherapy, or biological response modifier (BRM) therapy.
http://www.cchs.net/health/health-info/docs/1400/1405.asp?index=6209   (3085 words)

  
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia -- Druker et al. 2002 (1): 111 -- Hematology
The IBMTR experience of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) chronic phase patients.
CML the major cytogenetic response on imatinib therapy
Equivalent outcomes in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia after early transplantation of phenotypically matched bone marrow from related or unrelated donors.
http://www.asheducationbook.org/cgi/content/full/2002/1/111   (9501 words)

  
 Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
There are some immature leukemia WBCs in the blood and bone marrow (between 5 percent and 30 percent).
Immune therapy uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer.
In contrast, excess WBCs in late CML (the accelerated and acute phases) do not mature.
http://www.antigenics.com/diseases/cml.html   (1255 words)

  
 Society : Disease Information - Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
This important distinction from acute leukemia accounts for the less severe early course of the disease.
Features a treatment progress tracker to help you monitor your responses to therapies.
Disease Information > Leukemia > Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=8501   (1427 words)

  
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia -- Druker et al. 2001 (1): 87 -- Hematology
CML in chronic phase refractory to IFN, AP and BC have established
Patients in chronic phase CML were eligible for this study if
As with chronic phase, it will be important to
http://www.asheducationbook.org/cgi/content/full/2001/1/87   (10019 words)

  
 Leukemia: Chronic Myelogenous (CML)
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a rare, life-threatening cancer that affects the bone marrow.
With frequent checkups, your health care provider will recognize a change in phases.
The disease can have a chronic phase and an accelerated phase.
http://www.cancer.med.umich.edu/learn/leukcml.htm   (609 words)

  
 Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)
However, the vast majority of people treated for cancer with radiation DO NOT go on to develop leukemia and it takes many years to develop leukemia from this cause.
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia is a malignant cancer of the bone marrow that causes rapid growth of the blood forming cells (known as myeloid precursors) in the bone marrow, peripheral blood, and body tissues.
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/000570.htm   (210 words)

  
 sti571, sti-571, Gleevec, Glivec, leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, cml, gist, c-kit, gastrointestinal stromal ...
The purpose of this site is to provide information on a new drug for the treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML).
Behind every successful research project, there's a dream of what might be.
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http://www.newcmldrug.com   (717 words)

  
 Sloan-Kettering - Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
In this section you can find information about our expertise in treating patients with CML, our services, and our research.
Radiation therapy is sometimes used for leukemia in the central nervous system.
Treatment for the chronic phase of CML typically includes imatinib (Gleevec).
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/5429.cfm   (133 words)

  
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
The symptoms of chronic myelogenous leukemia may resemble other blood disorders or medical problems.
The following are the most common symptoms of chronic myelogenous leukemia.
Specific treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia will be determined by your physician based on:
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/adult_blood/chronmye.cfm   (597 words)

  
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML)
A phase 2 study, found that almost 90% of the CML patients treated with the drug showed no further progression of their disease.
One of the most common is chronic myelogenous leukemia (also known as chronic myeloid leukemia) or CML.
But now treatment with the drug imatinib mesylate (Gleevec® also known STI571) appears to be able to cure the disease.
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CML.html   (753 words)

  
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia -- eCureMe.com
Often patients unknowingly in the chronic phase with mild or no complaints, will incidentally have a physical exam or a blood test that reveals splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, or increased numbers of WBC.
Be sure to ask about any new treatments, research, clinical trials, or procedures that may be available for CML.
This condition has three phases, which define symptom severity:
http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/data/Chronic_Myelogenous_Leukemia.asp   (611 words)

  
 Leukemia, chronic myelogenous
205.10 myeloid leukemia, chronic, without mention of remission
Clonal myeloproliferation caused by malignant transformation of a pluripotent cell.
http://www.5mcc.com/Assets/SUMMARY/TP0535.html   (18 words)

  
 Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) - Redirect
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