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Adding Tipifarnib After Imatinib Failure in CML Restores Antitumor Efficacy
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Title Adding Tipifarnib After Imatinib Failure in CML Restores Antitumor Efficacy
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/567870?src=rss
Description When imatinib therapy has failed in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in chronic phase, adding the farnesyl transferase inhibitor tipifarnib restores activity against the disease and the combination is relatively well-tolerated, researchers report in the November 1st issue of Cancer. Reuters Health Information
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Date Dec 22, 2007
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