How to treat CML in 2017?

How to treat CML in 2017?

Andreas Hochhaus, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Germany  

• Objectives of treatment optimization
• Choice of initial therapy
• Clinical data on 1st and 2nd generation TKI's
• Comorbidities in CML at diagnosis
• Main adverse events of TKI's
• ELN recommendations for monitoring of first-line TKI therapy
• Recommendations for switch: CP-CML
• Management of blast crisis
• Limitations of TKI therapies
• Discussion: are we ready for routine stopping procedure?
• Recommendations on CML management 2013 - 2017

 This presentation is adapted from the one presented during the CML educational session at EHA. It lasts around 30 minutes.