Table 1.

Primary diagnoses and primary cytotoxic therapies in 306 patients who developed therapy-related myeloid leukemia: the University of Chicago series.4 

Primary diagnosisNo. of patientsChemotherapy only (%)Radiotherapy only (%)Combined modality therapy (%)
* Numbers in parentheses are percentages for each row of data according to primary therapy. 
† In 3 patients, the primary therapy was incompletely known. 
No Prior Malignancy 18 12 (67)* 2 (11) 4 (22) 
Hematologic Malignancy 171 69 (40) 5 (3) 97 (57) 
    Hodgkin lymphoma 77 18 (23) 4 (5) 55 (71) 
    Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 70 33 (47) 1 (1) 36 (51) 
    Myeloma 23 17 (74) 6 (26) 
    Other 1 (100) 
Solid Tumors 117 40 (35) 36 (32) 38 (33) 
    Breast 32 11 (35) 5 (16) 15 (48) 
    Ovary 15 12 (80) 1 (7) 2 (13) 
    Prostate 13 11 (100) 
    Lung 5 (56) 2 (22) 2 (22) 
    Cervix 4 (57) 3 (43) 
    Other 41 12 (30) 13 (32) 16 (39) 
Total 306† 121 (40) 43 (14) 139 (46) 
Primary diagnosisNo. of patientsChemotherapy only (%)Radiotherapy only (%)Combined modality therapy (%)
* Numbers in parentheses are percentages for each row of data according to primary therapy. 
† In 3 patients, the primary therapy was incompletely known. 
No Prior Malignancy 18 12 (67)* 2 (11) 4 (22) 
Hematologic Malignancy 171 69 (40) 5 (3) 97 (57) 
    Hodgkin lymphoma 77 18 (23) 4 (5) 55 (71) 
    Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 70 33 (47) 1 (1) 36 (51) 
    Myeloma 23 17 (74) 6 (26) 
    Other 1 (100) 
Solid Tumors 117 40 (35) 36 (32) 38 (33) 
    Breast 32 11 (35) 5 (16) 15 (48) 
    Ovary 15 12 (80) 1 (7) 2 (13) 
    Prostate 13 11 (100) 
    Lung 5 (56) 2 (22) 2 (22) 
    Cervix 4 (57) 3 (43) 
    Other 41 12 (30) 13 (32) 16 (39) 
Total 306† 121 (40) 43 (14) 139 (46) 

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