Abstract:4422
Background:
In the era when the Sokal score was developed (1984), Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI's) were not available for treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). With the treatments available then, the 2-year survival in the low risk group was 90% and in the intermediate and high-risk groups was 65%. Since TKI's were approved for treatment of CML in 2001, overall estimated survival at 5 years has improved to 89%.
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