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Leukemia (2005) 19, 1985–1987. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2403928; published online 25 August 2005

Imatinib dose increase up to 1200 mg daily can induce new durable complete cytogenetic remissions in relapsed Ph+ chronic myeloid leukemia patients

R G Piazza1,2, V Magistroni1, F Andreoni1, A Franceschino2, L Tornaghi3, M Varella-Garcia4, S Bungaro5, F Colnaghi5, G Corneo3, E M Pogliani3 and C Gambacorti-Passerini1,3,6

  1. 1Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy
  2. 2University of Milano Bicocca, S Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
  3. 3Section of Hematology, S Gerardo Hospital, Monza, Italy
  4. 4Cancer Center, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
  5. 5M Tettamanti Research Center, Pediatric Clinic, University of Milano Bicocca, Monza, Milan, Italy
  6. 6Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Correspondence: Professor C Gambacorti-Passerini, Department of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Via Venezian 1, 20133, Milan, Italy; Fax: + 39 2 2390 3237; E-mail: carlo.gambacorti@unimib.it

Received 24 March 2005; Accepted 26 July 2005; Published online 25 August 2005.

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