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Would you change therapy for a CML patient in hematologic remission on imatinib found with positive qualitative BCR-ABL1 for the p230 protein?

qPCR for BCR/ABL was negative. FISH remained positive.
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Hematology · University of Chicago
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It would depend on how long the patient has been on imatinib and the sensitivity of PCR testing. Being able to monitor the p230 transcript at the level of 0.1% or even deeper would be helpful to characterize if the patient has achieved a major molecular response or not.

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