title: [Long-term survival and prognostic factors in multiple myeloma treated with conventional chemotherapy. Report of 109 cases].
abstract: Our study is retrospective. We report the results of conventional chemotherapy ins previosly untreated patients with myeloma. Survival and prognostic factors were analysed in 109 patients diagnosed from 1983 to 1992. The median age was 65 years, 87 patients (80%) were including in the stage III according the Durie Salmon staging system. The median survival time was 27 months and 10 years survival rate is 3.66%. In the univariate analysis, two prognostic variables were retained namely the hemoglobin and creatinine level. The study suggest that conventional therapy is a good treatment for old patients. However, patients younger than 55 years, must benefit from intensive chemotherapy supported by autologous bone marrow, pheripheral blood stem cells, or allogenic bone marrow transplantation. A considerable encrace in duration of remission and survival is possible.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hématologie, Hôpital Aziza Othmana.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ben Abid
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meddeb
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Abdallah
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bel Hadj Ali
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hafsia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben Lakhal
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gouider
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aissaoui
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Landoulsi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: ben Abdeladhim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hafsia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D005260:Female; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis