Turkish Medical Student Journal
Yazarlar: Sevastiani SYRIOTI
Konular:Tıp
Anahtar Kelimeler:-,--
Özet: Dear editor, In the ‘’Retrospective analysis of chronic myeloid leukemia patients in Trakya University School of Medicine,’’ the authors summarize the use of imatinib which is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) in chronic and accelerated phases of the disease as a first-line treatment (1). They stated that the side effects of drugs, insufficient responses, and non-compliances are reasons for switching the drug of choice. I read the article with great interest, paid special attention to the laboratory investigations and physical examinations, thus I would like to underline some points and suggest an alternative perspective to the clinical investigation and treatment options.