Sumary of the duration of the phase transfer of chronic myeloid leukemia
- Author:
Huong Thi Que Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
chronic leukemia
- MeSH:
Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic;
Leukemia, Myeloid, Chronic-Phase
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2001;257(3):1-4
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A restrospective study carried out on 309 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia treated from 1990 to 10/2000 showed that; -88 cases (28.3%) converted to the blast crisis. - 89.77% of these cases developed acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) and 9.09% developed ALL.-The percentage of male and female were 55.68% and 44.31% - 45.45% of these converted cases occurred in the age group of 30-50. The youngest age was 10 months and the oldest age was : 72 years old. Mean of duration of the chronic phase was 2.5 years.
