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Dr. Baig graduated from Army Medical College (NUST) Pakistan in 2007. He did his internal medicine training from Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the years 2009-2013. He joined the internal medicine faculty practice at Medical College of Wisconsin in USA for 2 years before pursuing advanced training. He completed his pulmonary disease and critical care medicine fellowship from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School from 2015-2018. | | During his fellowship, Dr. Baig completed his master's in health care services management through Rutgers Business School. He currently serves as the medical director of respiratory therapy and pulmonary function lab and the clinical director of the COPD program at the Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute at Thomas Jefferson University. He holds the Assistant Professor of Medicine rank at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Baig's interests lie in respiratory physiology, airways disease, and data science.

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Learn more about Chronic myelogenous leukemia

Content updated on Sep 20, 2022

What is chronic myelogenous leukemia?

Chronic myelogenous leukemia is a blood cancer in which the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells. It is a slowly progressing disease. It is usually a disease of older adults and is typically asymptomatic.

Symptoms of chronic myelogenous leukemia

  • Repeated episodes of fever above 100.4°F / 38°C

  • Easily fatigued

  • Feeling tired or fatigued

  • Fever

  • Sweating at night requiring change in clothing

  • Fatigue

Questions your doctor may ask to check for chronic myelogenous leukemia

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose chronic myelogenous leukemia

  • Have you had repeated fevers of 100.4°F / 38°C or higher?

  • Do you get tired easily?

  • Do you feel more exhausted than usual nowadays?

  • Do you have a fever?

  • Do you sweat so much at night that you need to change clothes?

Treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia

Treatments include chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy, stem-cell transplant, and biological therapy.

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References

  • Enright H, McGlave PB. Chronic myelogenous leukemia. Curr Opin Hematol. 1996 Jul;3(4):303-9. doi: 10.1097/00062752-199603040-00009. PMID: 9372092.

    https://journals.lww.com/co-hematology/Abstract/1996/03040/Chronic_myelogenous_leukemia.9.aspx

  • Osarogiagbon UR, McGlave PB. Chronic myelogenous leukemia. Curr Opin Hematol. 1999 Jul;6(4):241-6. doi: 10.1097/00062752-199907000-00008. PMID: 10400373.

    https://journals.lww.com/co-hematology/Abstract/1999/07000/Chronic_myelogenous_leukemia.8.aspx

  • Kalidas M, Kantarjian H, Talpaz M. Chronic myelogenous leukemia. JAMA. 2001 Aug 22-29;286(8):895-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.286.8.895. PMID: 11509034.

    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/194118

Reviewed By:

Saqib Baig

Saqib Baig, MD, MS (Respiratory medicine, Critical Care, Internal medicine)

Dr. Baig graduated from Army Medical College (NUST) Pakistan in 2007. He did his internal medicine training from Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the years 2009-2013. He joined the internal medicine faculty practice at Medical College of Wisconsin in USA for 2 years before pursuing advanced training. He completed his pulmonary disease and critical care medicine fellowship from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School from 2015-2018. | | During his fellowship, Dr. Baig completed his master's in health care services management through Rutgers Business School. He currently serves as the medical director of respiratory therapy and pulmonary function lab and the clinical director of the COPD program at the Jane and Leonard Korman Respiratory Institute at Thomas Jefferson University. He holds the Assistant Professor of Medicine rank at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Baig's interests lie in respiratory physiology, airways disease, and data science.

Yoshinori Abe

Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)

Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.

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