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This work was supported by the European LeukemiaNet via the ‘European Treatment and Outcome Study’ for CML. EUTOS is funded by Novartis, but the comments in this letter and the previously published recommendations were developed, finalized and written entirely by the authors.
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Cross, N., Müller, M. & Hochhaus, A. Response to Ho-Wan Ip and Chi-Chiu. Leukemia 29, 1619 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2015.97
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