## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. The tolerability and efficacy of the combination of tipifarnib, an orally bioavailable nonpeptidomimetic farnesyl transferase inhibitor, and imatinib was investigated in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia in chronic phase who had failed imatinib. ## METHODS. Tw
Imatinib in combination with cytarabine for the treatment of Philadelphia-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia chronic-phase patients: Rationale and design of phase I/II trials
✍ Scribed by François Guilhot; Martine Gardembas; Philippe Rousselot; Michel Tulliez; Magda Vigier; Agnès Buzyn; Françoise Rigal-Huguet; Laurence Legros; Mauricette Michallet; Christian Berthou; Albert Najman; Frederic Maloisel; François-Xavier Mahon; Thierry Facon; Patrice Berthaud; Joëlle Guilhot
- Book ID
- 117832621
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1532-8686
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