Imatinib Regimen

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** A regimen consisting of imatinib that may be used in the treatment of bone cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS), dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP), Kaposi sarcoma, cutaneous melanoma, systemic mastocytosis, tenosynovial giant cell, gastrointestinal (GI) stromal, and desmoid tumors (aggressive fibromatoses), other myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms with eosinophilia and tyrosine kinase fusion genes, and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)/myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) overlap neoplasms.

**Synonyms:** - Gleevec Regimen - Imatinib Mesylate Regimen - Imatinib monotherapy