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How ‘sleeper cell’ cancer stem cells are maintained in chronic myelogenous leukemia

by Jeff Hansen,  University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer cells. Credit: Dr. Cecil Fox, National Cancer Institute Most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia can be treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. These drugs are highly effective and lead to deep remission and prolonged survival. Yet quiescent leukemic stem cells persist in these patients, and they therefore must...