Monitoring Response to Imatinib by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) and Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RQ-PCR) in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) Patients in Chronic Phase. Experience of Argentina and Uruguay.
Abstract:Introduction: The evaluation of response to imatinib in CML patients (pts) as guide to clinical management is undergoing substantial changes of criteria. The degree of reduction of total leukemia cell mass by imatinib as measured by FISH and RQ-PCR studies, correlates with progression-free survival. Therapeutic decisions, as dose scalation, is mandatory in pts with rising level of bcr/abl transcripts.
Purpose: To determine the potential of RQ-PCR to predict the duration of response in pts in com… Show more
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