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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia: clinical and haematological parameters predicting survival in a series of 133 patients
British Journal of Haematology, Volume 75, No. 1, Year 1990
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Description
The prognostic value of 12 clinical and haematological parameters, recorded at diagnosis, in myelofibrosis with myeloid metaplasia (MMM) was retrospectively analysed in a consecutive series of 133 patients followed for a minimum of 60 months. Multivariate analysis showed that the following features were associated with a significantly shorter survival: (1) short period of time (<13 months) between first symptoms and diagnosis; (2) anaemia (haemoglobin <10 g/dl); (3) leucocyte count >12 × 109/l; (4) peripheral blood granulocyte precursors >10%. Age, splenectomy and percentage of peripheral blood metamyelocytes were found significantly to affect survival only from univariate analysis, whereas sex, size of spleen, thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis were of no prognostic significance. These data suggest that a more intensive chemotherapy might be useful for younger patients with bad prognostic factors at diagnosis. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
Authors & Co-Authors
Visani, Giuseppe
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Finelli, Carlo
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Castelli, U.
Italy, Pavia
Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo
Petti, Maria Concetta
Lesotho, Roma
University of Roma
Ricci, Paolo
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Vianelli, Nicola Nj
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Gianni, Lorenzo
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Zuffa, Eliana
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Aloe Spiriti, Maria Antonietta Ntonietta
Lesotho, Roma
University of Roma
Latagliata, Roberto
Lesotho, Roma
University of Roma
Pileri, Stefano Aldo
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Magrini, Umberto
Italy, Pavia
Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo
Gugliotta, Luigi
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Morra, Enrica
Italy, Pavia
Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo
Bernasconi, Carlo
Italy, Pavia
Fondazione Irccs Policlinico San Matteo
Mandelli, Franco
Lesotho, Roma
University of Roma
Tura, Sante
Italy, Bologna
Irccs Azienda Ospedaliero-universitaria Di Bologna
Statistics
Citations: 182
Authors: 17
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2141.1990.tb02609.x
ISSN:
00071048
e-ISSN:
13652141
Research Areas
Cancer