Molecular International Prognostic Scoring System for Myelodysplastic Syndromes.

BACKGROUND: Risk stratification and therapeutic decision-making for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are based on the International Prognostic Scoring System–Revised (IPSS-R), which considers hematologic parameters and cytogenetic abnormalities. Somatic gene mutations are not yet used in the risk stratification of patients with MDS. METHODS: To develop a clinical-molecular prognostic model (IPSS-Molecular [IPSS-M]), pretreatment diagnostic or peridiagnostic samples from 2957 patients with MDS were profiled for mutations in 152 genes.

Implications of TP53 allelic state for genome stability, clinical presentation and outcomes in myelodysplastic syndromes.

Tumor protein p53 (TP53) is the most frequently mutated gene in cancer. In patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), TP53 mutations are associated with high-risk disease, rapid transformation to acute myeloid leukemia (AML), resistance to conventional therapies and dismal outcomes. Consistent with the tumor-suppressive role of TP53, patients harbor both mono- and biallelic mutations.

Additional prognostic impact of the percentage of erythroid cells in the bone marrow of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.

In patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) the impact of the percentage of erythroid precursors in the bone marrow has been the subject of considerable debate, especially with regard to prognosis. We examined the prognostic impact of the percentage of erythroid cells in the bone marrow (bmery) in 2453 primary untreated MDS patients in a retrospective multi-center analysis. Bmery were quantified in bone marrow smears at the time of diagnosis and were correlated with overall survival (OS) and AML evolution.

Differing clinical features between Japanese and Caucasian patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: Analysis from the International Working Group for Prognosis of MDS.

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.

Time-dependent changes in mortality and transformation risk in MDS.

In myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs), the evolution of risk for disease progression or death has not been systematically investigated despite being crucial for correct interpretation of prognostic risk scores. In a multicenter retrospective study, we described changes in risk over time, the consequences for basal prognostic scores, and their potential clinical implications. Major MDS prognostic risk scoring systems and their constituent individual predictors were analyzed in 7212 primary untreated MDS patients from the International Working Group for Prognosis in MDS database.

Dysplastic erythroid precursors in the myelodysplastic syndromes and the acute myeloid leukemias: Is there biologic significance? (How should blasts be counted?).

The role of bone marrow dysplastic erythroid precursors (EP) in both MDS and AML has been the subject of considerable debate over the past several decades. We have analyzed a large series of adults with MDS and focused on whether any% of EP identified in the bone marrow aspirates of over 1400 patients selected from the Dusseldorf, Germany adult MDS Registry has prognostic relevance. The data was examined for varying% of blasts, the WHO prognostic MDS subtypes and the IPSS-R.

Validation of WHO classification-based Prognostic Scoring System (WPSS) for myelodysplastic syndromes and comparison with the revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R). A study of the International Working Group for Prognosis in Myelodysplasia (IWG-PM).

A risk-adapted treatment strategy is mandatory for myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS). We refined the World Health Organization (WHO)-classification-based Prognostic Scoring System (WPSS) by determining the impact of the newer clinical and cytogenetic features, and we compared its prognostic power to that of the revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R). A population of 5326 untreated MDS was considered.