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Suggest Treatment For Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

dear Sir, i am suffering from Chronic Myeloid Leukamia - Chronic Phase from 2005. Well now my report come normal from three years. I want to check once again about my Chronic Myeloid Leukamia - Chronic Phase. So kindly please let me know how much it cost.

Sat, 17 May 2014
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The goals of treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) are threefold and have changed markedly in the past 10 years. They are as follows:

Hematologic remission (normal complete blood cell count [CBC] and physical examination [ie, no organomegaly])
Cytogenetic remission (normal chromosome returns with 0% Philadelphia chromosome – positive [Ph+] cells)
Molecular remission (negative polymerase chain reaction [PCR] result for the mutational BCR/ABL mRNA), which represents an attempt for cure and prolongation of patient survival
Seek your rhematologist/ oncologist and let them help you with the best option amongst following options.
Imatinib Mesylate
Newer Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
Protein Translation Inhibitors
Myelosuppressive Therapy
Leukapheresis
Interferon alfa
Transplantation
Splenectomy
Take care
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Suggest Treatment For Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Thank you for asking! The goals of treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) are threefold and have changed markedly in the past 10 years. They are as follows: Hematologic remission (normal complete blood cell count [CBC] and physical examination [ie, no organomegaly]) Cytogenetic remission (normal chromosome returns with 0% Philadelphia chromosome – positive [Ph+] cells) Molecular remission (negative polymerase chain reaction [PCR] result for the mutational BCR/ABL mRNA), which represents an attempt for cure and prolongation of patient survival Seek your rhematologist/ oncologist and let them help you with the best option amongst following options. Imatinib Mesylate Newer Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors Protein Translation Inhibitors Myelosuppressive Therapy Leukapheresis Interferon alfa Transplantation Splenectomy Take care