Validation and extension of the EBMT Risk Score for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) receiving allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants

The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) devised a scoring system to predict survival after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). The present International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry study of 3211 patients tested the EBMT Risk Score in a independent population, investigated the value of adding other variables, evaluated a new risk score specifically for chronic …