An 85-year-old Japanese woman with Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia with del (5q) successfully treated by intermittent imatinib therapy

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004 Oct;52(10):1783-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52479_6.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benzamides
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Japan
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / drug therapy*
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / genetics
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use*
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Benzamides
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • Imatinib Mesylate