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Chronic myeloid leukemia: Global impact from a local laboratory
Author(s) -
Radich Jerald P.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.30776
Subject(s) - myeloid leukemia , medicine , tyrosine kinase , leukemia , tyrosine kinase inhibitor , myeloid , cancer research , immunology , cancer , receptor
The arrival of tyrosine kinase inhibitors forever changed the treatment and outlook of chronic myeloid leukemia. However, most of the world's chronic myeloid leukemia patients live in economically challenged areas and have extremely limited access to the tyrosine kinase inhibitors and diagnostic assays needed to treat chronic myeloid leukemia. What can be done?