Successful Nilotinib Treatment in a Child with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

A 16-year-old female was diagnosed incedentally with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in the chronic phase. She showed complete remission after 3 months of nilotinib treatment. CML is a rare malignant neoplasm in pediatric age. It is characterized by a Philadelphia chromosome, which comes from a genet...

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Main Authors: Hassan A. Al-Jafar, Ali Al-Mulla, Salma AlDallal, Jaber H. Buhamad, Haifa Askar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2015-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/380905