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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(9):657; doi:10.1093/jnci/djk213
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Unstable Leukemia Stem Cells May Predispose Patients to Drug Resistance

Liz Savage

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301-841-1287
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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The BCR-ABL gene in chronic myeloid leukemia stem cells has a tendency to quickly mutate, and this may help explain why patients are predisposed to resistance to drugs like imatinib that target that gene, according to a study in the May 2 Journal of the National . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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