This is not an attempt to make you change your mind. But to people like myself, writing 3 sentences above about Gleevec (or any therapy) does not demonstrate the total understanding you said you had. Does it to you?
You have thoroughly studied this because you have your life in your hands, but you can't give one reference even, to a Gleevec study on the internet which helped convince you?
Like the other post, if come across Gleevec related material I'll post it ( under here), especially if it relates to the hospice study. Based on what I've read about studies on chemotherapies and related agents, something about the results sounds suspicious to me.
"Questioning Chemotherapy" by Rr. Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.