In an editorial comment about the study, a leukemia expert from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore said the use of imatinib and similar agents "create a platform from which we can entertain the possibility of curing" the disease without a stem cell transplant. B. Douglas Smith, MD, of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, called for research on ways to completely eliminate the small amount of residual disease after treatment with imatinib. “It is now time for clinical and laboratory investigators to build on this platform and work to turn good and great responses into cures," he added.
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Gambacorti-Passerini C, Multicenter independent assessment of outcomes in chronic myeloid leukemia patients treated with imatinib. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2011;103(7):553-561. http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/103/7/553.short?rss=1
Smith, B. Douglas, MD, Division of Hematologic Malignancies, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Correspondence, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 201,103 (7): NP. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djr127 http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/103/7/527.full
National Cancer Institute: Gleevec Questions and Answers: http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/qa/2001/gleevecqa
National CML Society: CML Therapies: http://www.nationalcmlsociety.org/living-cml/therapies
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i was smoking alot before the diagnose of cml. Now i am taking gleevic So sometime i need to smoke... or to use tobacco >> is it harmful with gleevic??
December 10, 2012 - 1:54amThis Comment
Smoking is a known cause of cancer. It is harmful with or without any type of medication.
December 10, 2012 - 8:03pmHi Arshad - It's not easy to hear that you have cancer but one thing you need to understand is that you did not cause this. The initial treatment period can be rough, but it does get better and better with time.
In terms of the cost of your medication, I suggest you contact the Max Foundation http://www.themaxfoundation.org/ which serves CML patients in need internationally.
All the best to you,
December 6, 2012 - 8:54pmPat
thanks pat!
December 10, 2012 - 1:48amhi Pat Elliott ,,, it was going my normal life i have never felt pain or any difficulties in working , studing or walking ,,,But its reality that i was not taking breakfast at morning some time i was careless about my proper time food i was very careless to eat at time. some time to stop my food for 2 days ... and this was going on.....
December 6, 2012 - 2:59amthen i felt that i am losing my wight ,, so i was worried about that situation ...
,,, and at the same time i am a student of Masscommunication ,,, i was writting my thesis somtime for late night ... so not taking food normally and lake of sleeping... and using of tabaco (smoking)... it became my rutien,,,
before 3 weeks i felt that my head is flying (hhahahaahh) and body is not in my control... so then i get fever and i was increase up to 103..104.. then i went hospital...Dr testet my blood for dengue..thypiod,,,malirya.. but it was nagitive ,,,then dr recoment CBC and it was daignose that i have cancer of blood...
when they announced and told me that i have cancer i can,t express my feeling in words i felt that the world which i have made for my life has been demalished and it was feeling like a juge santence a person that he will be hang 2 days after...
.now i am worring only about that glivec is too much highly priced tablets how can i countinue ... plz tell me ?? plz i want life i want life.....
i belong to meddle class familly which pay me to countinue my studies hardly...
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