This site is intended for residents of the US only.

CML Treatment and Testing: Maintain Your Goals

• Ongoing CML testing is important because you and your doctor need to know if your medication is maintaining control of your disease
• Treatment and CML testing go hand-in-hand, and people with CML need to be treated for the rest of their lives because of the nature of the disease. CML is a chronic disease that does not go away, but it can be controlled over time in many people
• Treatment may reduce the number of leukemia cells to undetectable levels, and people with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) need to receive ongoing treatment to maintain this desired response
• Understanding your test results can help you stay engaged in your treatment
• Ask your doctor how often you will be tested. Your doctor will decide what tests you will have, and when, based on how your disease is responding to treatment
• Your doctor will likely change your treatment if your CML was under control with your current therapy, but your test results now show a loss of response. A loss of response may mean that your CML is resistant to your current therapy. Without taking effective medication on an ongoing basis to control the growth of leukemia cells, the number of leukemia cells can increase again and your chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can progress

Quick Links