Radich Jerald P
Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Blood. 2009 Oct 15;114(16):3376-81. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-02-163485. Epub 2009 Aug 6.
Molecular monitoring in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a powerful tool to document treatment responses and predict relapse. Nonetheless, the proliferation of clinical trials and "guidelines" using the molecular endpoints of CML has outpaced practice norms, commercial laboratory application, and reimbursement practices, leaving some anxiety (if not confusion and despair) about molecular monitoring in the day-to-day treatment of CML. This article will try to address these issues by describing how I monitor CML, which, in summary, is with interest and without panic.
慢性髓性白血病(CML)的分子监测是记录治疗反应和预测复发的有力工具。尽管如此,使用CML分子终点的临床试验和“指南”的激增已经超过了实践规范、商业实验室应用和报销实践,这使得在CML的日常治疗中对分子监测产生了一些焦虑(如果不是困惑和绝望的话)。本文将试图通过描述我如何监测CML来解决这些问题,简而言之,就是保持关注且不恐慌。