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ArticleLeukemia2025

Is there really an accelerated phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia at presentation?

Sen Yang, Xiaoshuai Zhang, Robert Peter Gale, Xiaojun Huang, Qian Jiang

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Article in Leukemia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Leukemia epidemiology in China: Burden, trends, and determinants in the 21st century.Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu · 2025
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Sen Yang *Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing, China.
Xiaoshuai Zhang *Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-0802
Robert Peter GaleCentre for Haematology Research, Department of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Xiaojun HuangPeking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing, China. huangxiaojun@bjmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2145-6643
Qian JiangPeking University People's Hospital, Peking University Institute of Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Hematologic Disease, Beijing, China. jiangqian@medmail.com.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-0522

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81970140National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82370161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whether there is really a distinct accelerated phase (AP) at diagnosis in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in the context of tyrosine kinase-inhibitor (TKI)-therapy is controversial. We studied 2122 consecutive subjects in chronic phase (CP, n = 1837) or AP (n = 285) at diagnosis classified according to the 2020 European LeukemiaNet (ELN) classification. AP subjects with increased basophils only had similar transformation-free survival (TFS) and survival compared with CP subjects classified as ELTS intermediate-risk. Those with increased blasts only had worse TFS but similar survival compared with CP subjects classified as ELTS high-risk. AP subjects with decreased platelets only had similar TFS but worse survival compared with subjects classified as ELTS high-risk. Proportions of CP and AP subjects meeting the 2020 ELN TKI-response milestones were similar. However, worse TFS at 3-month and survival at 6- or 12-month were only in AP subjects failing to meet ELN milestones. Findings were similar using the 2022 International Consensus Classification (ICC) criteria for AP replacing decreased platelets with additional cytogenetic abnormalities. Our data support the 2022 WHO classification of CML eliminating AP. We suggest adding a very high-risk cohort to the ELTS score including people with increased blasts or decreased platelets and dividing CML into 2 phases at diagnosis: CP and acute or blast phases.

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Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL PositiveLeukemia, Myeloid, Accelerated PhaseAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProtein Kinase InhibitorsSurvival RateYoung AdultProtein Kinase Inhibitors

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PMID39633067
PMCPMC11794152

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