Treatment, trial participation and survival in adult acute myeloid leukemia: a population-based study in the Netherlands, 1989-2012
Publication year
2016Source
Leukemia, 30, 1, (2016), pp. 24-31ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Haematology
Journal title
Leukemia
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vol. 30
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iss. 1
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p. 24
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p. 31
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Radboudumc 2: Cancer development and immune defence RIMLS: Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences; Radboudumc 9: Rare cancers RIHS: Radboud Institute for Health SciencesAbstract
Large, comprehensive population-based studies in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are scarce. We conducted a nationwide population-based study on treatment, trial participation and survival among all adult patients diagnosed with AML (N=12,032) and acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL; N=585) in the Netherlands between 1989-2012. Patients were categorized into four periods and four age groups (18-40, 41-60, 61-70, and >70 years). The application of allogeneic stem cell transplantation increased over time among AML patients up to age 70. For APL patients, the use of chemotherapy increased across all age groups. When a clinical trial was open for accrual in the Netherlands, the inclusion rates were 68, 57, 30 and 12% for AML patients in the four age groups, respectively (data for APL unavailable). Relative survival improved over time among AML (up to age 70) and APL patients. In the period 2007-2012, 5-year relative survival rates were 54, 38, 14 and 2% for AML patients and 84, 75, 54 and 37% for APL patients in the four age groups, respectively. As survival remained poor for older AML patients over the last two decades, clinical trials, and active participation in those trials, are warranted that explore innovative treatment strategies for this elderly population.Leukemia accepted article preview online, 17 July 2015. doi:10.1038/leu.2015.188.
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