"Imatinib Mesylate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A tyrosine kinase inhibitor and ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT that inhibits the BCR-ABL kinase created by chromosome rearrangements in CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA and ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA, as well as PDG-derived tyrosine kinases that are overexpressed in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
| Descriptor ID |
D000068877
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.277.456 D02.241.223.100.100.435 D02.455.426.559.389.127.085.465 D03.383.606.405 D03.383.742.349
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| Concept/Terms |
Imatinib Mesylate- Imatinib Mesylate
- Mesylate, Imatinib
- Imatinib Methanesulfonate
- Methanesulfonate, Imatinib
Imatinib- Imatinib
- Alpha-(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)-3'-((4-(3-pyridyl)-2-pyrimidinyl)amino)-p-tolu-p-toluidide
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Population-based utilization and costs associated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors for first-line treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia among elderly patients. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2020 Dec; 26(12):1494-1504.