Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: A Patient's Journey

Diagnosed six years earlier with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a cancer of the blood, Doug, now age 75, was told there was nothing the doctors could do for him. But he found new hope in an experimental treatment that signals the cancerous cells to stop duplicating -- effectively managing, though not curing, the disease. To learn more about CML and other blood disorders, visit ASH's patient resources webpage http://hematology.org/Patients/.

This clip was excerpted from the documentary film "Blood Detectives." To learn more about the film, visit http://www.hematology.org/Publications/Blood-Detectives/5246.aspx

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• CML
• chronic myeloid leukemia
• chronic myelogenous leukemia
• blood
• leukemia
• hematology

[ELPaso1990TX]

I can see it working good against CML, but not other cancers like stage 3/4 lung cancer because there are simply too many cancer genes that are active and encouraging cell division.

[dc2jim]

thank god for dr. druker and the many patients he's saved

[beirutvet1983]

My Dad had cml for 16 years this drug helped him, it's not a cure but it added years to my dads life. He died in 2007