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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The Biology of CML Blast Crisis
Contributor:
Radich, Jerald P.
Published:
American Society of Hematology, 2007
Published in:
Hematology, 2007 (2007) 1, Seite 384-391
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1182/asheducation-2007.1.384
ISSN:
1520-4391;
1520-4383
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
AbstractThe natural history of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) progresses from a relatively benign chronic phase into a fatal blast crisis, which resembles acute leukemia, but is incurable by chemotherapy. Fortunately, the progression can usually be blocked by tyrosine kinase therapy or allogeneic transplantation. The seemingly stereotypical march of progression involves changes in genetic instability and DNA repair, proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis, and thus may serve as a unique model of cancer evolution and progression. Given that all treatments work much better in chronic-phase than advanced-phase disease, the clinical dilemma is predicting and detecting patients bound to evolve into advanced disease. This is especially important in the age of tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) therapy. The purpose of this review is to address the biology of blast crisis in the age of tyrosine kinase therapy, with an emphasis on what genes or pathways may be future targets of predictive assays or treatments of progression.