8. The definitions of CML phases are as follows: a) Early chronic phase: time from diagnosis to therapy </= 12 months; Late chronic phase: time from diagnosis to therapy > 12 months, b) Blastic phase: presence of 30% blasts or more in the peripheral blood or bone marrow, c) Accelerated phase CML: presence of any of the following features: •Peripheral or marrow blasts 15% or more, •Peripheral or marrow basophils 20% or more, •Thrombocytopenia < 100 x 10^9/L unrelated to therapy, • Documented extramedullary blastic disease outside liver or spleen.