Godelieve Meunier, Loic Ysebaert, Phi Linh Nguyen-Thi, Stéphane Lepretre, Anne Quinquenel, Jehan Dupuis, Richard Lemal, Thérèse Aurran, Cécile Tomowiak, Florence Cymbalista, Marie Sarah Dilhuydy, Annie Brion, Pierre Morel, Bruno Cazin, Véronique Leblond, Guillaume Cartron, Daniel Ré, Marie Christine Béné, Anne Sophie Michallet, Pierre Feugier
The mean age at diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is 72 years, with 22.8% of patients being older than 80 years. However, the elderly are underrepresented in clinical studies of CLL. We performed a retrospective study of CLL patients aged 80 years or older at the initiation of first-line therapy in hospitals affiliated with the French intergroup on CLL (French Innovative Leukemia Organization) between 2003 and 2013. Here, we describe the clinical and biological characteristics, treatment, and outcomes for 201 patients...
December 2017: Hematological Oncology