Durable remission after treatment with very low doses of imatinib for FIP1L1-PDGFRα-positive chronic eosinophilic leukaemia

Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2011 Apr;67(4):967-9. doi: 10.1007/s00280-011-1582-3. Epub 2011 Feb 17.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacokinetics
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Benzamides
  • Chronic Disease
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / pathology
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / genetics
  • Piperazines / administration & dosage
  • Piperazines / pharmacokinetics
  • Piperazines / therapeutic use*
  • Pyrimidines / administration & dosage
  • Pyrimidines / pharmacokinetics
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha / genetics
  • Remission Induction / methods
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Splenomegaly / etiology
  • Time Factors
  • Young Adult
  • mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors / genetics

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Benzamides
  • Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
  • Piperazines
  • Pyrimidines
  • mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors
  • Imatinib Mesylate
  • FIP1L1-PDGFRA fusion protein, human
  • Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha