Health-related quality of life in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving long-term therapy with imatinib compared with the general population

Efficace, Fabio; Baccarani, Michele; Breccia, Massimo; Alimena, Giuliana; Rosti, Gianantonio; Cottone, Francesco; Lambertenghi Deliliers, Giorgio; Baratè, Claudia; Russo Rossi, Antonella; Fioritoni, Giuseppe; Luciano, Luigia; Turri, Diamante; Martino, Bruno; Di Raimondo, Francesco; Dabusti, Melissa; Bergamaschi, Micaela; Leoni, Pietro; Pina Simula, Maria; Levato, Luciano; Ulisciani, Stefano; Veneri, Dino; Sica, Simona; Rambaldi, Alessandro; Vignetti, Marco; Mandelli, Franco; GIMEMA, for

doi:10.1182/blood-2011-04-347575

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Health-related quality of life in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving long-term therapy with imatinib compared with the general population

Published in Blood • Jul 13, 2011

Authors:

Fabio Efficace

Michele Baccarani

Massimo Breccia

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate whether patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in treatment with long-term therapy imatinib have a different health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) profile compared with the general population. In total, 448 CML patients were enrolled, and th...

Subject

Medicine

Imatinib

Quality of life (healthcare)

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