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The prognostic value of cytogenetic analyses in patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia treated with the same intensive chemotherapy
Author(s) -
Tashiro Satoshi,
Kyo Taiich,
Tanaka Kimio,
Oguma Nobuo,
Hashimoto Tetsuo,
Dohy Hiroo,
Kamada Nanao
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19921215)70:12<2809::aid-cncr2820701214>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - medicine , chemotherapy , karyotype , leukemia , induction chemotherapy , cytogenetics , chromosome , multivariate analysis , oncology , disease , gastroenterology , chromosome abnormality , pathology , biology , genetics , gene
Background . Some specific chromosome abnormalities for the leukemias have been proven to be associated with the prognosis of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). However, most of these reports included patients treated with different protocols. Therefore, some bias has been involved in the evaluation of the prognostic factors in such reports. Methods . The authors studied the morphologic, cytogenetic, and clinical features of 136 patients (86 males and 50 females) with de novo ANLL treated with the same protocol of intensive induction chemotherapy using multivariate analyses. Results . Chromosome abnormalities were detected in 62.5% of the patients. The overall complete remission (CR) rate of disease was 85.5% in these patients. More than 90% of the patients with t(8; 21) and pseudodiploid abnormalities achieved experienced CR. However, CR rates in the patients with abnormalities of chromosome 5 or 7 were 50%. With multivariate analyses by the type of karyotypic abnormality, CR duration and survival time of the patients with t(8; 21) were longer than those of patients with normal karyotype and abnormalities of chromosome 5 or 7. Abnormalities of chromosome 5 or 7 and hyperdiploid were associated with poor prognosis. Older age and lower platelet counts also were factors contributing to shorter survival times. With the analysis with French‐American‐British (FAB) classification, only hypoplastic leukemia was a poor prognostic factor. Conclusions . These data suggest that cytogenetic analyses plays an important role in estimating the prognosis of patients treated with intensive induction chemotherapy.