Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Nigerian Patients: Anemia is an Independent Predictor of Overall Survival

Objectives The advent of the tyrosine kinase inhibitors has markedly changed the prognostic outlook for patients with Ph + and/or BCR-ABL1 + chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). This study was designed to assess the overall survival (OS) of Nigerian patients with CML receiving imatinib therapy and to ide...

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Main Authors: Anthony A. Oyekunle, Muheez A. Durosinmi, Ramoni A. Bolarinwa, Temilola Owojuyigbe, Lateef Salawu, Norah O. Akinola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Blood Disorders
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/CMBD.S31562