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Is bone marrow transplantation is curative for chronic myeloid leukemia caused by (philadelphia chromosome) ?
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Yes: In 70 to 80 percent of cases. The availability of tyrosine kinase inhibitors such as gleevec (imatinib) has moved transplant to 3rd line treatment
Answered 2/22/2015
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