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Oncoimmunology. 2014 May 14;3:e28861. doi: 10.4161/onci.28861. eCollection 2014.

Immunosurveillance markers may predict patients who can discontinue imatinib therapy without relapse.

Oncoimmunology

Takayuki Yoshimoto, Izuru Mizoguchi, Seiichiro Katagiri, Tetsuzo Tauchi, Jun-Ichi Furusawa, Yukino Chiba, Junichiro Mizuguchi, Junko H Ohyashiki, Kazuma Ohyashiki

Affiliations

  1. Department of Immunoregulation; Institute of Medical Science; Tokyo Medical University; Tokyo, Japan.
  2. Department of Hematology; Tokyo Medical University; Tokyo, Japan.
  3. Department of Immunoregulation; Institute of Medical Science; Tokyo Medical University; Tokyo, Japan ; Department of Immunology; Tokyo Medical University; Tokyo, Japan.
  4. Department of Immunology; Tokyo Medical University; Tokyo, Japan.
  5. Department of Molecular Oncology; Institute of Medical Science; Tokyo Medical University; Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 25057448 PMCID: PMC4091524 DOI: 10.4161/onci.28861

Abstract

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors have dramatically improved the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia. Recent evidence revealed that some patients with chronic myeloid leukemia can stop imatinib without relapse after achieving a complete molecular response. This review discusses the possible predictive markers to identify these patients who can stop imatinib without relapse.

Keywords: NK cells; chronic myeloid leukemia; cytotoxic T lymphocytes; imatinib; immunosurvelliance; predictive marker

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