Since the US FDA approved imatinib for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia in 2001, multiple potent and well-tolerated TKIs—with targets including EGFR, ALK, ROS1, HER2, NTRK, VEGFR, RET, MET, MEK, FGFR, PDGFR, and KIT—have emerged and contributed to significant progress in cancer treatment. This evidence concerns the gene KIT and chronic myelogenous leukemia, BCR-ABL1 positive.