Prognosis and Outcome of Fit Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia in Kuwait.

Purpose: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) data from the Middle East are limited to single-center studies. We report leukemia-free survival (LFS) and overall survival (OS) of young (≤70 years) patients with AML treated in Kuwait.

Patients And Methods: This study investigated prognostic markers among 172 young and fit patients with de novo nonacute promyelocytic leukemia AML treated with intensive induction protocols from a tertiary cancer center.