Dong Lin, Chunlin Zhou, Hui Wei, Bingcheng Liu, Ying Wang, Kaiqi Liu, Wei Li, Benfa Gong, Jinyu Wang, Shuning Wei, Guangji Zhang, Xingli Zhao, Yan Li, Yuntao Liu, Xiaoyuan Gong, Mingyuan Sun, Yuan Lu, Yingchang Mi, Jianxiang Wang
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics and the short- or long-term treatment outcomes of the adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in China. METHODS: From 1999 to 2010, 822 adult cases with AML were enrolled, diagnosed and classified by the FAB and WHO criteria, respectively. The treatment outcomes and prognostic factors were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: In all patients with a median age of 38.5(15-83) years, acute monoblastic and monocytic leukemia (M5), AML with t(15;17)/PML-RARα (APL) and AML with t(8;21)/AML1-ETO(M2b) were the most common subtypes, accounting for 29...
December 2014: Zhonghua Xue Ye Xue za Zhi, Zhonghua Xueyexue Zazhi