TY - JOUR AU - Steegmann, Juan Luís AU - Odriozola, Jesús AU - Rodriguez Salvanés, Francisco AU - Giraldo, Pilar AU - García Laraña, José AU - Ferro, María Teresa AU - Benítez, Esmeralda AU - Pérez-Pons, Concepción AU - Giralt, Manuel AU - Escribano, Luís AU - Lavilla Rubira, Esperanza AU - Miguel, Amparo AU - Areal Méndez, Carlos AU - Pérez Encinas, Manuel Mateo AU - Abad, Ana AU - Maldonado, Juan AU - Massagué, Isabel AU - Fernández-Rañada, José María PY - 1999 SN - 0390-6078 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11940/22541 AB - [EN] BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Interferon-a (IFN) is increasingly being used as the drug of choice in chronic myeloid leukemia patients. The main objectives of the study were to study the influence of the classic prognostic variables and response to... LA - eng KW - Aged KW - Spain KW - Interferon alpha-2 KW - Cytogenetic Analysis KW - Prognosis KW - Thrombocytopenia KW - Philadelphia Chromosome KW - Time Factors KW - Basophils KW - Treatment Outcome KW - Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive KW - Interferon-alpha KW - Survival Rate KW - Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase TI - Stage, percentage of basophils at diagnosis, hematologic response within six months, cytogenetic response in the first year: the main prognostic variables affecting outcome in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase treated with interferon-alpha. Results of the CML89 trial of the Spanish Collaborative Group on interferon-alpha2a and CML T2 - Haematologica M2 - 978 KW - CHULA KW - CHUF KW - CHUS VL - 84 ER -