Jane F. Apperley

TL;DR: Optimal responders to chronic myeloid leukemia treatment should continue therapy indefinitely, with careful surveillance, or they can be enrolled in controlled studies of treatment discontinuation once a deeper molecular response is achieved.

TL;DR: New criteria for response and progression have been developed as a result of discussions between representatives of the Myeloma Subcommittee of the Chronic Leukaemia Working Party of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) and representatives ofThe Myelomas Working Committee of the Autologousblood and marrow transplant Registry (ABMTR) and the International Bone Marrowtransplant Registry (IBMTR).

TL;DR: This report proposes to define conditioning regimens in 3 categories: (1) myeloablative (MA) conditioning, (2) reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC), and (3) nonmyeloablatives (NMA) Conditioning, based on the duration of cytopenia and on the requirement for stem cell support.

TL;DR: Imatinib should be continued indefinitely in optimal responders and second-generation TKIs are recommended, followed by allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation only in instances of failure and, sometimes, suboptimal response, depending on transplantation risk.