title: [What to improve in approach to diagnose and treat pediatric myelodysplastic syndromes and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia in Poland?].
abstract: Group of heterogeneous clonal hematopoietic disorders usually associated with other genetic disorders called for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are occurring less common in children. The WHO classification based on French-American-British (FAB) MDS morphology is widely accepted in adults but does substantially differe from the one applicable in children. The differencies have recently been published. In our national retrospective study we analyzed 99 children with MDS and JMML diagnosed between 1989 and 2003 in Poland. Chemotherapy is generally, not useful in childhood MDS. With a few exceptions hematopoieitic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the only curative treatment for children with MDS. In this nationalexperience use of a relative or an unrelated donor results are almost comparable to the internationally published ones. Successful management of the disease needs to be run on a basis of cooperative efforts between clinicians and scientists involved in pediatric MDS. This includes need for centralized update and morphologic re-evaluation of all patients in the country as well as appointments on a regular basis for all individuals involved in treatment of MDS for quality control.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Transplantacji Szpiku, Onkologii i Hematologii Dzieciecej Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu. wojcikd@pedhemat.am.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wójcik
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pietras
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ussowicz
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chybicka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome