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Patient‐related factors independently impact overall survival in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: an MDS‐CAN prospective study

Abstract

Little is known about the effects of frailty, disability and physical functioning on the clinical outcomes for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). We investigated the predictive value of these factors on overall survival (OS) in 445 consecutive patients with MDS and chronic monomyelocytic leukaemia (CMML) enrolled in a multi-centre prospective national registry. Frailty, comorbidity, instrumental activities of daily living, disability, quality of …

Authors

Buckstein R; Wells RA; Zhu N; Leitch HA; Nevill TJ; Yee KWL; Leber B; Sabloff M; St Hilaire E; Kumar R

Journal

British Journal of Haematology, Vol. 174, No. 1, pp. 88–101

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

July 2016

DOI

10.1111/bjh.14033

ISSN

0007-1048