Abstract
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy yields sustained cytogenetic remissions in most patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Peripheral blood quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) monitoring of the chimeric BCR-ABL1 mRNA transcript levels is a very sensitive method to measure disease burden in patients with cytogenetic remission. qRT-PCR allows identification of patients (1) at high risk of progression early (3-6 months) after treatment initiation, (2) with no response to TKI therapy, (3) with undetectable disease who could be eligible for TKI discontinuation trials. Molecular monitoring is a minimally invasive method to optimize treatment and outcomes in CML. Am. J. Hematol. 91:742-746, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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