A 29-year-old member asked:
What are the symptoms of chronic myelogenous leukemia?
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Dr. Steven Ginsberganswered
Internal Medicine - Hematology & Oncology 39 years experience
Fatigue: Fatigue is the most common symptom. Examination may show an enlarged spleen. The diagnosis is suspected by blood testing and confirmed by bone marrow biopsy.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
What are the tests for chronic myelogenous leukemia?
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Dr. Ritesh Rathoreanswered
Hematology and Oncology 32 years experience
Blood, bone marrow: Common tests include blood review, floww cytometry, and a bone marrowe and biopsy.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
What is chronic myelogenous leukemia?
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Dr. Martin Rubensteinanswered
Hematology and Oncology 47 years experience
A blood cancer: CML is a blood cancer that develops slowly (hence chronic). If untreated it will eventually be life threatening. It is associated a unique chromosomal injury, the philadelphia chromosome. New drugs (tkis) target this damage and reliably produce remissions in early stage patients that often are long lasting.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dangers of chronic myelogenous leukemia?
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Dr. William A Biermannanswered
Medical Oncology 48 years experience
Can be fatal: This is a disease that was associated with a shortened life span. The discovery of a specific cancer cell mutation and medications that attack that mutation have dramatically affected the outcome. This is now a disease that people can live for many years and be functional and productive.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
What is chronic myelogenous leukemia (cml)?
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Dr. Stephen Nogaanswered
Medical Oncology 36 years experience
White cell cancer: The bone marrow cells that produce granulocytes (needed to fight infections) grow out of control and are present in large numbers in the blood and other organs. The disease is quite treatable these days because of targeted therapy and long lasting remissions are possible in most people.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
How should I treat chronic myelogenous leukemia?
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Dr. Liawaty Hoanswered
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
CML: CML is associated with philadelphia chromosome that result in the abnormal bcr-abl fusion gene. This becomes the target of treatment in cml. Oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor (tki) is the treatment of cml. The 1st generation is gleevec. Other tki that is more specific to block the bcr/abl fusion gene also available- sprycel and tasigna (nilotinib). Bone marrow transplant is available only for specific case.
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Dr. Liawaty Ho commented
Hematology and Oncology 25 years experience
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please see your doctor and discuss it in detail
Mar 7, 2012
Last updated Apr 11, 2017
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