
What is CML? | American Cancer Society
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a type of cancer that starts in certain blood-forming cells of the bone marrow (the soft, spongy tissue in the middle of certain bones). It is also known as chronic …
Chronic myelogenous leukemia - Symptoms and causes
Apr 30, 2025 · Learn about chronic myelogenous leukemia symptoms and causes. Find out how CML is treated, including targeted therapy and bone marrow transplant.
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML): Symptoms, Treatment & Prognosis
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is blood cancer that starts in the blood-forming myeloid cells or stem cells in your bone marrow. The condition has other names: chronic myelogenous leukemia or chronic …
Chronic myelogenous leukemia - Wikipedia
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the white blood cells. It is a form of leukemia characterized by the increased and unregulated growth of …
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatment - NCI
Apr 9, 2025 · Chronic myeloid leukemia (also called CML or chronic myelogenous leukemia) is a slowly progressing blood and bone marrow disease that usually occurs during or after middle age and rarely …
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Johns Hopkins Medicine
It occurs mainly in adults. Scientists have long known that in CML patients, chromosomes 9 and 12 fuse together to form the “Philadelphia” chromosome. The Philadelphia chromosome overproduces an …
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a slow-growing form of the disease that primarily impacts people over age 55. Leukemia is an umbrella term for cancers of the blood and the blood-forming tissues of …
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) - Penn Medicine
What is chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)? Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a slow-developing cancer of the bone marrow in which immature cells called “blasts” overtake the healthy bone marrow. …
FDA Approves New Treatment for Adults with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Dec 6, 2024 · The treatment of CML was transformed in 2001 with the approval imatinib (Gleevec), the first oral medication that inhibited a protein called BCR-ABL that CML needs to grow. LLS was …
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML): Causes, Symptoms, …
Jun 6, 2024 · WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), also known as chronic myeloid leukemia.