title: A case report of a 33-year chronic phase survivor of chronic myeloid leukemia.
abstract: Here, we report a Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia case with the longest chronic phase and overall survival to our knowledge ever reported in the medical literature. During the 33-year chronic phase, he was asymptomatic without any treatment and had normal blood cell values. BCR-ABL silencing might be referred to the uncommon long-term survivor.
authors.affiliation: Department of First Clinical College, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210000, China.
authors.forename: Ou
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Ya-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jian-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Guang-Rong
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Xiang-Tu
authors.initials: XT
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Peng-Jun
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D010677:Philadelphia Chromosome; D017741:Survivors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D016044:Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl