Blood Cancer Journal (Mar 2021)

Mayo Clinic experience with 1123 adults with acute myeloid leukemia

  • Kebede H. Begna,
  • Walid Ali,
  • Naseema Gangat,
  • Michelle A. Elliott,
  • Aref Al-Kali,
  • Mark R. Litzow,
  • C. Christopher Hook,
  • Alexandra P. Wolanskyj-Spinner,
  • William J. Hogan,
  • Mrinal M. Patnaik,
  • Animesh Pardanani,
  • Darci L. Zblewski,
  • Dong Chen,
  • Rong He,
  • David Viswanatha,
  • Curtis A. Hanson,
  • Rhett P. Ketterling,
  • Ayalew Tefferi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41408-021-00435-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 3
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Abstract Between 2004 and 2017, a total of 1123 adult patients (median age 65 years; 61% males) with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML), not including acute promyelocytic leukemia, were seen at the Mayo Clinic. Treatment included intensive (n = 766) or lower intensity (n = 144) chemotherapy or supportive care (n = 213), with respective median survivals of 22, 9, and 2 months (p 60 years (HR 2.2, 1.9–2.6), adverse karyotype (HR 2.9, 1.9–4.9), intermediate-risk karyotype (HR 1.6, 1.02–2.6), post-myeloproliferative neoplasm AML (HR 1.9, 1.5–2.4), and other secondary AML (HR 1.3 (1.1–1.6) as risk factors for shortened survival. These risk factors retained their significance after inclusion of FLT3/NPM1 mutational status in 392 informative cases: FLT3+NPM1− (HR 2.8, 1.4–5.6), FLT3+/NPM+ (HR 2.6 (1.3–5.2), and FLT3−NPM1− (HR 1.8, 1.0–3.0).