Yasushi Miyazaki, Heinz Tuechler, Guillermo Sanz, Julie Schanz, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, Francesc Solé, John M Bennett, David Bowen, Pierre Fenaux, Francois Dreyfus, Hagop Kantarjian, Andrea Kuendgen, Luca Malcovati, Mario Cazzola, Jaroslav Cermak, Christa Fonatsch, Michelle M Le Beau, Marilyn L Slovak, Valeria Santini, Michael Lübbert, Jaroslaw Maciejewski, Sigrid Machherndl-Spandl, Silvia M M Magalhaes, Michael Pfeilstöcker, Mikkael A Sekeres, Wolfgang R Sperr, Reinhard Stauder, Sudhir Tauro, Peter Valent, Teresa Vallespi, Arjan A van de Loosdrecht, Ulrich Germing, Detlef Haase, Peter L Greenberg
Clinical features of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) could be influenced by many factors, such as disease intrinsic factors (e.g., morphologic, cytogenetic, molecular), extrinsic factors (e.g, management, environment), and ethnicity. Several previous studies have suggested such differences between Asian and European/USA countries. In this study, to elucidate potential differences in primary untreated MDS between Japanese (JPN) and Caucasians (CAUC), we analyzed the data from a large international database collected by the International Working Group for Prognosis of MDS (300 and 5838 patients, respectively)...
October 2018: Leukemia Research