Akriti Jain, MD, discussed how emerging data on non-ABL1 mutations is reshaping chronic myeloid leukemia management.

with chronic phase CML. [32] These hematologic "remissions" are characterized by persistence of Ph-positive cells in the marrow, with inevitable progression to blast crisis. Suppression of ...

Those with chronic phase CML typically have the most positive outlook, and those with accelerated phase and blast phase CML typically have the most guarded outlooks. Other factors that doctors ...

He explained that CML progresses through three distinct phases: chronic, accelerated, and blast. The chronic phase constitutes about 90% of CML cases. “This phase can extend over several years ...

The presence of abnormal leukaemic blast cells can suggest you have CML. But doctors would need to confirm this with a bone marrow biopsy, the Leukaemia Foundation says. A bone marrow sample can ...

[109] No standard therapy has been demonstrated to stem the progression to blast crisis ... Current Status of Treatment for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. MedGenMed 2(2), 2000 [formerly published ...