A multicenter report on the natural history of myelodysplastic syndromes in very old patients (aged over 85 years)

Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 May;60(5):1324-1327. doi: 10.1080/10428194.2018.1538513. Epub 2019 Jan 11.

Authors

Laura S McDonald¹, Peter McCarthy², Mohammad Khan³, Patrick Hogan⁴, Eileen Kelleher⁵, Philip T Murphy³, John Quinn³, Ronan Desmond¹, John McHugh¹, Melanie Strickland¹, Elizabeth O'Connell¹, Mary Cahill², Su W Maung⁶, Clodagh Keohane⁷, Desmond O'Neill⁴, Dan Ryan⁴, Vitaliy Mykytiv², Helen Enright¹

Affiliations

¹ a Haematology , Tallaght University Hospital , Dublin , Ireland.
² b Haematology , Cork University Hospital and University College Cork , Cork , Ireland.
³ c Haematology , Beaumont Hospital , Dublin , Ireland.
⁴ d Age Related Healthcare , Tallaght University Hospital , Dublin , Ireland.
⁵ e Haematology , Bon Secours Hospital , Cork , Ireland.
⁶ f Haematology , Mater Misericordiae University Hospital , Dublin , Ireland.
⁷ g Haematology , Mercy University Hospital Cork , Cork , Ireland.

PMID: 30632846
DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2018.1538513

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Disease Management
Disease Susceptibility
Female
Humans
Male
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / diagnosis*
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / drug therapy
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / etiology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes / mortality
Prognosis
Treatment Outcome