Therapeutic choices in patients with Ph-Positive chronic myelogenous leukemia in Mexico in the era of tyrosine kinase inhibitors: stem cell transplantation or tyrosine kinase inhibitors? Fifteen years later

Chronic myelogenous leukemia is a neoplastic proliferation of the granulocytic series. In Mexico, chronic myelogenous leukemia accounts for approximately 10% of all leukemias. Tyrosine-kinase inhibitors are considered front-line therapy in high-income countries, whereas allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a recognized therapeutic approach, mainly in low- and middle-income countries.