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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) |
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| Authors: |
Loukopoulos, Dimitris |
| Reviewer: |
Konstantopoulos, Konstantinos |
| Subject: | MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > CLINICAL MEDICINE MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PATHOLOGY MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PUBLIC HEALTH > PREVENTIVE MEDICINE |
| Description: | |
| Abstract: |
Chronic myelogenous leukemia denotes the abnormal and uncontrolled proliferation of the myeloid precursors, in most cases with a varying degree of inhibition of their differentiation. The myeloid hyperplasia causes symptoms of hypermetabolism, which “consume” the patient, and usually progresses in three distinct phases : a chronic, an accelerated and the blastic transformation. Main findings are the splenic enlargement and the high number of white cells. Main diagnostic finding is the identification of the chromosome “Philadelphia” (Ph)_a hybrid chromosome formed by the translocation of a segment of chromosome 9 (carrying the oncogene ABL1) in various parts of the BCR sequences (chromosome 22), which results in the formation of a shorter chromosome 22 carrying a novel gene coding for the hybrid protein BCR-ABL1. This protein functions as a tyrosine kinase with super-increased activity and is considered as the pathogenetic mechanism of CML. The large scale use of the respective inhibitors has been a breakthrough in modern therapeutics and has greatly improved the prognosis of CML.
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| Linguistic Editors: |
Klada, Nektaria |
| Graphic Editors: |
Papakosmas, Ioannis |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
| Item Details: | |
| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/3095 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Loukopoulos, D. (2015). Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) [Chapter]. In Loukopoulos, D., & Politou, M. 2015. Hematology lessons [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/3095 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Hematology lessons |
| Number of pages |
9 |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
