Erschienen in:
01.07.2008 | Letter to the Editor
Relapse of chronic myeloid leukemia-chronic phase 14 years after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
verfasst von:
Daigo Akahane, Yoshikazu Ito, Masahiko Sumi, Tetsuzo Tauchi, Yukihiko Kimura, Kazuma Ohyashiki
Erschienen in:
International Journal of Hematology
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Ausgabe 1/2008
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Excerpt
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) used to be a mainstay of treatment strategy for relatively young patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) before the introduction of imatinib mesylate (IM). Relapse after more than 5 years is rare in HSCT-treated CML patients, and only a limited number of CML patients who relapsed after 10 years of HCST have been reported. We report on a CML patient who relapsed with chronic phase disease 14 years after HSCT. The presence of this case suggests the possibility that CML stem cells may remain quiescent for more than 10 years and have the capability of re-growth in post-transplant patients. …