Table 1.

Patient characteristics




No. patients or units (range)
Total patients   110  
Median age, y   43.5 (19-62)  
Diagnosis  
    Acute leukemia   55  
        CR1  17  
        CR2/3  15  
        Relapse   23  
    CML   20  
        CP*  9  
        AP   4  
        BP   7  
    MDS   16  
        RA   10  
        Other   6  
    NHL   12  
        CR   2  
        Persistent disease   10  
    Other  7  
Diagnostic risk group  
    Good§  26  
    Poor   84  
Follow-up for living patients, d
 
850 (354-1588)
 



No. patients or units (range)
Total patients   110  
Median age, y   43.5 (19-62)  
Diagnosis  
    Acute leukemia   55  
        CR1  17  
        CR2/3  15  
        Relapse   23  
    CML   20  
        CP*  9  
        AP   4  
        BP   7  
    MDS   16  
        RA   10  
        Other   6  
    NHL   12  
        CR   2  
        Persistent disease   10  
    Other  7  
Diagnostic risk group  
    Good§  26  
    Poor   84  
Follow-up for living patients, d
 
850 (354-1588)
 

RA indicates refractory anemia.

*

Includes 6 and 3 patients who underwent transplantation less than or more than 2 years from diagnosis, respectively.

SAA (3), CLL (2), MF (2).

Good indicates acute leukemia in CR1 or CML in CP. Poor indicates acute leukemia in relapse or CR2 or beyond, CML in accelerated phase (AP) or blast phase (BP), MDS, NHL, CLL, SAA, or MF.

§

Includes 18 patients with good risk diagnoses having high-risk characteristics as defined in “Patients, materials, and methods” (adverse cytogenetic abnormalities [14], high peripheral blast count at diagnosis [2], late CP [2]).