Bosutinib versus imatinib in newly diagnosed chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia: results from the BELA trial.

  • Jorge E Cortes
  • Dong-Wook Kim
  • Hagop M Kantarjian
  • Tim Brümmendorf
  • Irina Dyagil
  • Laimonas Griskevicius
  • Hemant Malhotra
  • Christine Powell
  • Karïn Gogat
  • Athena M Countouriotis
  • Carlo Gambacorti-Passerini

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Abstract

Bosutinib is an oral Src/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor. The phase III Bosutinib Efficacy and Safety in Newly Diagnosed Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (BELA) trial compared bosutinib with imatinib in newly diagnosed, chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

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Original languageEnglish
Article number28
ISSN0732-183X
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22949154