“…Our study comprised 269 CML patients with imatinib treatment failure. The median age was 36 years (18-66 years) and the sex ratio was 1.7:1, whereas in other studies by Quintas Cardama Alfonso et al .,[ 17 ] Jabbour et al .,[ 18 ] Cortes et al .,[ 19 ] Rajappa et al .,[ 20 ] and Mishra et al .,[ 21 ] the median age was 52 years (18–79), 57 years (25–82), 51 years (17–96), 36 years (18–65), and 35 years, respectively. The sex ratio was 1.08:1, 1.6:1, 2.7:1, and 1.6:1 in the studies done by Quintas Cardama Alfonso et al .,[ 17 ] Jabbour et al .,[ 18 ] Rajappa et al .,[ 20 ] and Mishra et al .,[ 21 ] respectively.…”