• CD36 Defines Primitive Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Cells Less Responsive To Imatinib But Vulnerable To Antibody-Based Therapeutic Targeting 

      Landberg, Niklas; von Palffy, Sophia; Askmyr, Maria K.; Lilljebjörn, Henrik; Sanden, Carl; Rissler, Marianne; Mustjoki, Satu; Hjorth-Hansen, Henrik; Richter, Johan; Ågerstam, Helena; Järås, Marcus; Fioretos, Thoas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are highly effective for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), but very few patients are cured. The major drawbacks regarding TKIs are their low efficacy in eradicating the ...
    • Dasatinib induces fast and deep responses in newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukaemia patients in chronic phase: Clinical results from a randomised phase-2 study (NordCML006) 

      Hjorth-Hansen, Henrik; Stenke, Leif; Söderlund, Stina; Dreimane, Arta; Ehrencrona, Hans; Gedde-Dahl, Thobias; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Höglund, Martin; Koskenvesa, Perttu; Lotfi, Kourosh; Majeed, Mohammed Waleed; Markevärn, Berit; Ohm, Lotta; Olsson-Strömberg, Ulla; Remes, Kari; Suominen, Merja; Simonsson, Bengt; Porkka, Kimmo; Mustjoki, Satu; Richter, Johan (Journal article, 2015)
      We randomised 46 newly diagnosed patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (median age 56) to receive dasatinib 100 mg QD or imatinib 400 mg QD and report outcome as an intention-to-treat analysis with 36 months follow-up. ...
    • Early BCR-ABL1 transcript decline after 1 month of tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy as an indicator for treatment response in chronic myeloid leukemia 

      El Missiry, Mohamed; Hjorth-Hansen, Henrik; Richter, Johan; Olson-Strömberg, Ulla; Stenke, Leif; Porkka, Kimmo; Kreutzman, Anna; Mustjoki, Satu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      n chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), early treatment prediction is important to identify patients with inferior overall outcomes. We examined the feasibility of using reductions in BCR-ABL1 transcript levels after 1 month of ...
    • European LeukemiaNet 2020 recommendations for treating chronic myeloid leukemia 

      Hochhaus, Andreas; Baccarani, Michele; Silver, Richard T.; Schiffer, Charles A.; Apperley, Jane F.; Cervantes, Francisco; Clark, Richard E.; Cortes, Jorge Eduardo; Deininger, Michael Werner Nikolaus; Guilhot, François; Hjorth-Hansen, Henrik; Hughes, Timothy Peter; Janssen, Jeroen J.W.M.; Kantarjian, Hagop M.; Kim, Dong-Wook; Larson, Richard A.; Lipton, Jeffrey Howard; Mahon, François-Xavier; Mayer, Jiří; Nicolini, Franck Emmanuel; Niederwieser, Dietger Walter; Pane, Fabrizio; Radich, Jerald P.; Réa, Delphine; Richter, Johan; Rosti, Gianantonio; Rousselot, Philippe; Saglio, Giuseppe; Saußele, Susanne; Soverini, Simona; Steegmann, Juan Luis; Turkina, Anna; Zaritskey, Andrey Yu.; Hehlmann, Rüediger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The therapeutic landscape of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has profoundly changed over the past 7 years. Most patients with chronic phase (CP) now have a normal life expectancy. Another goal is achieving a stable deep ...
    • IFN-α with dasatinib broadens the immune repertoire in patients with chronic-phase chronic myeloid leukemia 

      Huuhtanen, Jani; Ilander, Mette; Yadav, Bhagwan; Dufva, Olli M.J.; Lähteenmäki, Hanna; Kasanen, Tiina; Klievink, Jay; Olsson-Strömberg, Ulla; Stentoft, Jesper; Richter, Johan; Koskenvesa, Perttu; Höglund, Martin; Söderlund, Stina; Dreimane, Arta; Porkka, Kimmo; Gedde-Dahl, Tobias; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Stenke, Leif; Myhr-Eriksson, Kristina; Markevärn, Berit; Lübking, Anna; Dimitrijevic, Andreja; Udby, Lene; Bjerrum, Ole Weis; Hjorth-Hansen, Henrik; Mustjoki, Satu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), combination therapies with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) aim to improve the achievement of deep molecular remission that would allow therapy discontinuation. IFN-α is one promising ...
    • Immunological monitoring of newly diagnosed CML patients treated with bosutinib or imatinib first-line 

      Kreutzman, Anna; Yadav, Bhagwan; Brümmendorf, Tim H.; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Lee, Moon Hee; Janssen, Jeroen; Kasanen, Tiina; Koskenvesa, Perttu; Lofti, Kourosh; Markevärn, Berit; Olsson-Strömberg, Ulla; Stentoft, Jesper; Stenke, Leif; Söderlund, Stina; Udby, Lene; Richter, Johan; Hjorth-Hansen, Henrik; Mustjoki, Satu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Changes in the immune system induced by tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have been shown to positively correlate with therapy responses in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, only a few longitudinal studies exist and ...
    • Molecular status 36 months after TKI discontinuation in CML is highly predictive for subsequent loss of MMR—final report from AFTER-SKI 

      Richter, Johan; Lübking, Anna; Söderlund, Stina; Lotfi, Kourosh; Markevärn, Berit; Själander, Anders; Stenke, Leif; Deneberg, Stefan; Ahlstrand, Erik; Myhr-Eriksson, Kristina; Panayiotidis, Panayiotis; Gedde-Dahl, Tobias; Žáčková, Daniela; Mayer, Jiří; Olsson-Strömberg, Ulla; Mahon, Francois-Xavier; Saussele, Susanne; Hjorth-Hansen, Henrik; Koskenvesa, Perttu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)