Chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the elderly: clinico-biological features, outcomes, and proposal of a prognostic model

Autor: Tycho Baumann, Julio Delgado, Rodrigo Santacruz, Alejandra Martínez-Trillos, Cristina Royo, Alba Navarro, Magda Pinyol, María Rozman, Arturo Pereira, Neus Villamor, Marta Aymerich, Cristina López, Anna Carrió, Emili Montserrat
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Haematologica, Vol 99, Iss 10 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0390-6078
1592-8721
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2014.107326
Popis: We investigated the clinico-biological features, outcomes, and prognosis of 949 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia according to age. No biological differences (cytogenetics by fluorescent in situ hybridization, IGHV, ZAP-70, CD38, NOTCH1, SF3B1) were found across age groups. Elderly patients (>70 years; n=367) presented more frequently with advanced disease (Binet C/Rai III-IV: 10/12% versus 5/5%; P
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