{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["29(18)"],"submitter":["Bjorkholm M"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Purpose</h4>Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) management changed dramatically with the development of imatinib mesylate (IM), the first tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting the BCR-ABL1 oncoprotein. In Sweden, the drug was approved in November 2001. We report relative survival (RS) of patients with CML diagnosed during a 36-year period.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Using data from the population-based Swedish Cancer Registry and population life tables, we estimated RS for all patients diagnosed with CML from 1973 to 2008 (n = 3173; 1796 males and 1377 females; median age, 62 years). Patients were categorized into five age groups and five calendar periods, the last being 2001 to 2008. Information on use of upfront IM was collected from the Swedish CML registry.<h4>Results</h4>Relative surviv"],"journal":["Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology"],"pagination":["2514-20"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC3138632"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Success story of targeted therapy in chronic myeloid leukemia: a population-based study of patients diagnosed in Sweden from 1973 to 2008."],"pmcid":["PMC3138632"],"pubmed_authors":["Kristinsson SY","Derolf A","Sjoberg J","Richter J","Dickman PW","Bjorkholm M","Andersson T","Ohm L","Eloranta S","Hultcrantz M","Landgren O","Hoglund M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Success story of targeted therapy in chronic myeloid leukemia: a population-based study of patients diagnosed in Sweden from 1973 to 2008.","description":"<h4>Purpose</h4>Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) management changed dramatically with the development of imatinib mesylate (IM), the first tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting the BCR-ABL1 oncoprotein. In Sweden, the drug was approved in November 2001. We report relative survival (RS) of patients with CML diagnosed during a 36-year period.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>Using data from the population-based Swedish Cancer Registry and population life tables, we estimated RS for all patients diagnosed with CML from 1973 to 2008 (n = 3173; 1796 males and 1377 females; median age, 62 years). Patients were categorized into five age groups and five calendar periods, the last being 2001 to 2008. Information on use of upfront IM was collected from the Swedish CML registry.<h4>Results</h4>Relative surviv","dates":{"release":"2011-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2011 Jun","modification":"2025-04-26T01:06:32.77Z","creation":"2019-03-27T03:07:12Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC3138632","cross_references":{"pubmed":["21576640"],"doi":["10.1200/JCO.2011.34.7146","10.1200/jco.2011.34.7146"]}}