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ArticleAnnals of hematology2018

Association of bone marrow fibrosis with inferior survival outcomes in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.

Maliha Khan, Tariq Muzzafar, Hagop Kantarjian, Ifra Badar, Nicholas Short, Xuemei Wang, Kamal Chamoun, Preetesh Jain, Courtney DiNardo, Naveen Pemmaraju and 6 more

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Article in Annals of hematology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Update on the pathologic diagnosis of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maliha KhanDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Tariq MuzzafarDepartment of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Hagop KantarjianDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Ifra BadarDepartment of Hematopathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Nicholas ShortDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Xuemei WangDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Kamal ChamounDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Preetesh JainDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Courtney DiNardoDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Naveen PemmarajuDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Prithviraj BoseDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Gautam BorthakurDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Jorge CortesDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Srdan VerstovsekDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Guillermo Garcia-ManeroDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Zeev EstrovDepartment of Leukemia, Unit 428, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX, 77030, USA. zestrov@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Scott Kopetz · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Paul Calabresi Clinical Oncology AwardK12CA088084 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI David S. Hong, Scott Kopetz · 2000 to 2026
$14.0M
MD Anderson Cancer Center Support Grant P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS K12 CA088084NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of bone marrow fibrosis grade on the prognosis of patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) remains controversial. Therefore, we examined the records of 82 patients diagnosed with CMML at our institution and summarized baseline characteristics and molecular profiles by subgroups of absent or mild (grades 0/1) and moderate (grade 2) fibrosis. Cox proportional hazards models were constructed to assess the prognostic significance of fibrosis grade. Grade 2 fibrosis was identified in 63 patients (76.8%), grade 1 in 16 patients (19.5%), and grade 0 in 3 patients (3.7%). Grade 2 fibrosis was associated with reduced hemoglobin levels (median 9.75 vs 11.0 g/dL in grade 0/1; p = 0.04) and increased percentages of ringed sideroblasts (7.5 vs 0%; p = 0.008). In multivariable analysis, grade 2 fibrosis was an independent predictor of poor overall survival (OS; 95% CI 1.32-6.35; HR 2.90; p = 0.008), but not event-free survival (EFS; 95% CI 0.62-2.67; HR 1.28; p = 0.50). Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) was found to impact OS (95% CI 1.01-1.09; HR 1.05; p = 0.009), while both ANC (95% CI 1.00-1.07; HR 1.04; p = 0.04) and peripheral blood blast percentage (95% CI 1.02-1.32; HR 1.16; p = 0.02) impacted EFS. These results implicate fibrosis grade is an important indicator of prognosis, with high-grade fibrosis predicting inferior survival. Given the prevalence of marrow fibrosis in CMML, fibrosis grading should be incorporated into prognostic assessment and therapeutic decision-making.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBone MarrowCombined Modality TherapyDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleFibrosisHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLeukemia, Myelomonocytic, ChronicLeukocyte CountMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeutrophilsBone marrow fibrosisCMMLFibrosis gradePrognosis

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PMID29557496
PMCPMC6506234
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