Thanks for all your input this week, as we worked through the investigation and management of CML; highlighting a few areas for discussion as we went!

See below summary notes on CML – mainly taken from the European Leukaemia Network (ELN) and ESMO guidelines. Any mistakes are my own!

Key references:

Hochhaus, A., Baccarani, M., Silver, R.T. et al. European LeukemiaNet 2020 recommendations for treating chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 34, 966–984 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-020-0776-2

Hochhaus, A. et al. Chronic myeloid leukaemia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up^† Annals of Oncology, Volume 28, iv41 – iv51

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