REGISTRATION TO TREATMENT (STEP 1): Patient must not have had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy (aside from imatinib, dasatinib, or nilotinib), or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to study registration; patients also must have recovered from all adverse events due to a previously administered agent\r\n* Note: Patients with =< grade 2 neuropathy are an exception to this criterion and may qualify for the study\r\n* NOTE: Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis; a 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (=< 2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-central nervous system [CNS] disease)
REGISTRATION TO TREATMENT (STEP 2): Patient must not have had prior chemotherapy, targeted small molecule therapy (aside from imatinib, dasatinib, or nilotinib), or radiation therapy within 2 weeks prior to study registration; patients also must have recovered from all adverse events due to a previously administered agent\r\n* NOTE: Patients with =< grade 2 neuropathy are an exception to this criterion and may qualify for the study\r\n* NOTE: Participants must have recovered from all radiation-related toxicities, not require corticosteroids, and not have had radiation pneumonitis; a 1-week washout is permitted for palliative radiation (=< 2 weeks of radiotherapy) to non-CNS disease