Leukemia Research
Volume 34, Issue 10 , Pages 1255-1268 , October 2010

BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia: A review

  • Xin An

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    • Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Amit K. Tiwari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Yibo Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Pei-Rong Ding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    • Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Charles R. Ashby Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    • ,
  • Zhe-Sheng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Jamaica, NY 11439, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 718 990 1432; fax: +1 718 990 1877.

Received 21 January 2010 ,Revised 25 April 2010 ,Accepted 25 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2010.04.016

Leukemia Research
Volume 34, Issue 10 , Pages 1255-1268 , October 2010

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