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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
19
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-12
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
To identify cytogenetic risk factors predicting outcome in children with advanced myelodysplastic syndrome, overall survival of 192 children prospectively enrolled in European Working Group of Myelodysplastic Syndrome in Childhood studies was evaluated with regard to karyotypic complexity. Structurally complex constitutes a new definition of complex karyotype characterized by more than or equal to 3 chromosomal aberrations, including at least one structural aberration. Five-year overall survival in patients with more than or equal to 3 clonal aberrations, which were not structurally complex, did not differ from that observed in patients with normal karyotype. Cox regression analysis revealed the presence of a monosomal and structurally complex karyotype to be strongly associated with poor prognosis (hazard ratio = 4.6, P < .01). Notably, a structurally complex karyotype without a monosomy was associated with a very short 2-year overall survival probability of only 14% (hazard ratio = 14.5; P < .01). The presence of a structurally complex karyotype was the strongest independent prognostic marker predicting poor outcome in children with advanced myelodysplastic syndrome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3766-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Complex karyotype newly defined: the strongest prognostic factor in advanced childhood myelodysplastic syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Cell and Molecular Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't