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Therapy-related leukemia: clinical characteristics and analysis of new molecular risk factors in 96 adult patients.
Leukemia - 1 Nov 2005
Rund D, Krichevsky S, Bar-Cohen S, Goldschmidt N, Kedmi M, Malik E, Gural A, Shafran-Tikva S, Ben-Neriah S, Ben-Yehuda D
Abstract excerpt
Therapy-related leukemia or myelodysplasia (t-leuk/MDS) is a serious problem that is increasing in frequency. We studied the clinical characteristics of 96 patients (pts) with a mean age of 48 years, and analyzed the molecular parameters that could predispose to t-leuk/MDS. Hematological malignancies were the most common primary (53%), followed by breast and ovarian cancer (30% combined). The mean latency until...
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