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Lung cancer is not only amongst the top 3 most common cancer type in both men and women, but also the leading cause of cancer mortality in Singapore and the United States. Platinum-based chemotherapy is currently the mainstay in drug treatment for lung cancer patients although it only relieves
Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a malignant disorder of the haematopoietic system characterized by the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome arising from t(9;22)(q34;q 11).The annual incidence of CML is reported to be around 1-2 cases per 100,000 population.In Hong Kong, the age-standardised
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a clonal disorder characterized by the chromosomal translocation t(9;22) which produces a fusion gene encoding the chimeric oncoprotein, BCR- ABL. This protein harbors a deregulated constitutive activated tyrosine kinase (TK) leading to leukemogenesis [1].
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in the western world. The disease mostly affects the elderly. At present no curative therapy is available. Although the majority of patients initially do respond to chemotherapy, most patients eventually develop drug resistance. The
Malignant effusions are the 2nd commonest cause of exudative effusions and 75% are due to lung, breast and lymphoma primaries. It is estimated that effusions take up about 20% of pulmonologists' work. About 15% of lung cancers have effusions at presentation and 50% will develop effusions during the
Lung cancer is the leading cause of mortality in the world. Previous study has shown that about 88% lung cancer cases belong to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in Taiwan (1). Approximately 50~90% of NSCLC patients had expression (or described as overexpression) of EGFR in cancer (2,3). Although
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:
I. To estimate the proportion of patients with previously-untreated chronic phase chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) attaining major molecular response by 12 months of treatment with dasatinib.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To estimate the proportion of patients with Philadelphia