Description:
A drug used to treat certain types of leukemia and other blood cancers, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, skin tumors called dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, and a certain type of a rare condition called systemic mastocytosis. It is also being studied in the treatment of other conditions and types of cancer. Imkeldi blocks certain proteins made by the BCR::ABL1, PDGFR, or c-KIT oncogene, which may help keep cancer cells from growing and may kill them. Imkeldi is a type of tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Also called Gleevec, imatinib mesylate, and STI571.
