title: Prognostic factors for therapy-related acute myeloid leukaemia (t-AML)--a single centre experience.
abstract: Prognostic parameters for treatment outcome in 42 consecutive patients with t-AML diagnosed and treated in a single centre between 2000-2010 (mean age: 56.07 years, range: 23-84; 30 females) were evaluated retrospectively/prospectively. Antecedent malignancy occurred in 37 patients (88.15%): 28 solid cancers (breast, n=14), nine haematological. History of previous chemotherapy (CT), radiotherapy (RT) alone and combined CT/RT was present in 42.9%, 6.19% and 30.1% patients, respectively. Primary disease was active in 11 patients (six relapsed or metastatic cancers; five autoimmune diseases). Myelodysplastic syndrome preceded t-AML in 29% of patients. Median latency period from prior CT/RT was 54.62 months (range: 6-243). Median WBC count was 27.23 × 10⁹/L, platelet count 62.29 × 10⁹/L, haemoglobin level 87.83 g/L, peripheral blood and bone marrow blast percentage 30.7% and 66.7% respectively, serum LDH 1216 U/L. Aberrant expression of B or T lymphoid markers was registered in seven out of 39 and six out of 39 patients, respectively. Aberrant karyotype was detected in 24 out of 33 (72.7%) of eligible patients: favourable: 15.2%, intermediate: 42.4% and unfavourable: 42.4%. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status greater or equal to 2 and Haematopoietic Cell Transplantation Specific Comorbidity Index (HCT-CI) greater or equal to 3 exhibited 83.3% and 76.2% patients, respectively. Intensive induction CT for t-AML was administered in 24 patients. The median follow-up and the median overall survival (OS) for the whole cohort were 2 months and 5.94 months (range: 0.5-34), respectively. In 10 patients (23.8%) achieving complete remission (CR), median disease free survival (DFS) was 11.8 months (range: 4-32). Only CD19 expression, pretreatment karyotype, ECOG PS, HCT-CI and activity of primary disease had impact on OS (P<0.05).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotića 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suvajdžić
authors.forename: Zorica
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cvetković
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dorđević
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kraguljac-Kurtović
authors.forename: Dejana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stanisavljević
authors.forename: Andrija
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bogdanović
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Djunić
authors.forename: Nataša
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Colović
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidović
authors.forename: Ivo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elezović
authors.forename: Dragica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomin
mesh_terms: D059786:Abnormal Karyotype; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000473:pathology; D012074:Remission Induction; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents