Imatinib is a small molecule kinase inhibitor that revolutionized the treatment of cancer, particularly chronic myeloid leukemia, in 2001. It was deemed a "miracle drug" due to its clinical success, as oncologist Dr. Brian noted that "complete hematologic responses were observed in 53 of 54 patients with CML treated with a daily dosage of 300 mg or more and ...
Imatinib is indicated for the treatment of adult and pediatric chronic myeloid leukemia with Philadelphia chromosome mutation (Ph+) in blast crisis, accelerated phase, or chronic phase after IFN-alpha therapy failure.Additionally, imatinib is also indicated to treat adult and pediatric Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult myelodysplastic/myeloproliferativ...
Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Xijing Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Hôpital Fleurimont - CHUS (CIUSSS Estrie), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Clinical Research Unit - Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (CIUSSS EMTL), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Institute of Hematology and Oncology, Harbin The First Hospital, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Pfizer, Budapest, Hungary
Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China
Fudan University, Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Tianjin, China
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