Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients with t-MDS/t-AML in the 2 study groups

University of Chicago patients, no.United Kingdom patients, no.
Patients with secondary disease 80 91 
Sex, M/F 37/43 38/53 
Primary cancer diagnosis 78 51 
    Hematologic malignancies 40 19 
        Leukemia 
        Hodgkin disease 14 11 
        Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 16 
        Myeloma 
    Solid tumors 38 32 
        Breast cancer 17 15 
        Other 21* 17 
    Other disease 2 6§ 
Secondary leukemia 
    Acute myeloid 62 91 
    Myelodysplastic syndrome 18 
Treatment modality 
    Radiation therapy only 11 40 
    Chemotherapy only 32 32 
    Combined modality therapy 37 19 
Cytogenetic subtype 
    Chromosome 5, 7, or both 51 22 
    Translocation/inversion 12 
    Other 10 13 
    Normal 24 
    No information 20 
Mean age at t-MDS/t-AML, y (SD) 57.5 (15.8) 55.3 (13.4) 
University of Chicago patients, no.United Kingdom patients, no.
Patients with secondary disease 80 91 
Sex, M/F 37/43 38/53 
Primary cancer diagnosis 78 51 
    Hematologic malignancies 40 19 
        Leukemia 
        Hodgkin disease 14 11 
        Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 16 
        Myeloma 
    Solid tumors 38 32 
        Breast cancer 17 15 
        Other 21* 17 
    Other disease 2 6§ 
Secondary leukemia 
    Acute myeloid 62 91 
    Myelodysplastic syndrome 18 
Treatment modality 
    Radiation therapy only 11 40 
    Chemotherapy only 32 32 
    Combined modality therapy 37 19 
Cytogenetic subtype 
    Chromosome 5, 7, or both 51 22 
    Translocation/inversion 12 
    Other 10 13 
    Normal 24 
    No information 20 
Mean age at t-MDS/t-AML, y (SD) 57.5 (15.8) 55.3 (13.4) 
*

Includes cancers of the cervix (2), esophagus, head and neck, lung, ovaries (4), prostate (3), rectum, stomach, testis, thyroid (2), and vulva; astrocytoma; a sarcoma; and a primary site unknown.

Includes cancers of the bladder, cervix (2), colon, lung (2), prostate (2), testis, and uterus (4); basal cell carcinoma; malignant histiocytosis (2); and osteosarcoma.

Includes the diagnosis of Crohn disease (2).

§

Includes diagnoses of goiter, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, systemic vasculitis, retinal vasculitis, and tuberculosis.

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