title: Trisomy 8 as sole anomaly or with other clonal aberrations in acute myeloid leukemia: impact on clinical presentation and outcome.
abstract: One hundred and fifty-four acute myeloid leukemia patients with trisomy 8 were studied for their clinical and biological characteristics, and treatment outcome. Forty-seven patients presented with trisomy 8 as the sole aberration, 107 with trisomy 8 associated with other cytogenetic abnormalities (13 with favorable, 54 with intermediate, and 40 with unfavorable risk cytogenetics). Overall complete remission (CR) proportion was 48%. Median disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) were 7.8 and 8.3 months, respectively. In multivariate analysis, age >or=60 years (P<0.0001) and association with unfavorable karyotype (P=0.03) were of poor prognostic value for CR achievement. Age >or=60 years (P<0.0001) and antecedents of dysmyelopoiesis (P=0.02) were of poor prognostic value for OS. Patients with trisomy 8 alone did not show any difference in terms of outcome as compared with those in whom trisomy 8 was associated to intermediate risk cytogenetics (P=0.0002). Trisomy 8 in addition to favorable karyotype maintained a good clinical outcome, while trisomy 8 in addition to unfavorable cytogenetics showed the worst prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Hématologie, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 69437 Lyon Cedex 03, France.
authors.forename: Nabaz
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jaff
authors.forename: Youcef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chelghoum
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elhamri
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tigaud
authors.forename: Mauricette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Michallet
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics* / Q000401:mortality; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014314:Trisomy / Q000235:genetics*