Shorter long-term post-transplant life expectancy may be due to prior chemotherapy for the underlying disease: Analysis of 3012 patients with acute myeloid leukemia enrolled on 9 consecutive ECOG-ACRIN trials Journal Article


Authors: Ganzel, C.; Wang, Y.; Roopcharan, K.; Sun, Z.; Rowe, J. M.; Fernandez, H. F.; Paietta, E. M.; Luger, S. M.; Lazarus, H. M.; Cripe, L. D.; Douer, D.; Wiernik, P. H.; Tallman, M. S.; Litzow, M. R.
Article Title: Shorter long-term post-transplant life expectancy may be due to prior chemotherapy for the underlying disease: Analysis of 3012 patients with acute myeloid leukemia enrolled on 9 consecutive ECOG-ACRIN trials
Abstract: Several studies reported that patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who remain in long-term remission after allogeneic or autologous transplant have a shorter life expectancy, compared to the general population. However, little is known about the life expectancy of adult long-term survivors of AML who were treated with chemotherapy alone without a transplant and there have been no comparisons with survival among the general population. The current study indicates that the life expectancy of AML patients who achieved and maintained CR for at least 3 years is shorter than expected for age in the US population. This was observed also in patients who did not undergo a transplant including those who have not relapsed during the entire long follow-up period. Thus, late relapse does not explain why patients without transplants have a shortened life expectancy. Taken together, these data strongly suggest that prior chemotherapy for the underlying AML is at least a major contributing factor for the known shortened life expectancy post-transplant. © The Author(s) 2024. corrected publication 2024.
Keywords: adolescent; adult; aged; middle aged; leukemia, myeloid, acute; mortality; hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; drug therapy; life expectancy; therapy; acute myeloid leukemia; procedures; humans; human; male; female
Journal Title: Bone Marrow Transplantation
Volume: 59
Issue: 9
ISSN: 0268-3369
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 2024-09-01
Start Page: 1215
End Page: 1223
Language: English
DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02308-0
PUBMED: 38778148
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC11368814
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Notes: Erratum issued, see DOI: 10.1038/s41409-024-02337-9 -- Source: Scopus
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