Response to chemotherapy in juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia and its clinical implications for survival: A retrospective registry-based study of the Korean Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Group
- Authors
- Yi, Eun Sang; Baek, Hee Jo; Ju, Hee Young; Kim, Seong Koo; Lee, Jae Wook; Cho, Bin; Kim, Bo Kyung; Kang, Hyoung Jin; Kook, Hoon; Yang, Eu Jeen; Lim, Young Tak; Ahn, Won Kee; Hahn, Seung Min; Park, Sang Kyu; Yoo, Eun Sun; Yoo, Keon Hee
- Issue Date
- Jun-2023
- Publisher
- Pergamon Press Ltd.
- Keywords
- Leukemia; Myelomonocytic; Juvenile; Response; Criteria; Chemotherapy
- Citation
- Leukemia Research, v.129
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- Leukemia Research
- Volume
- 129
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2021.sw.kumedicine/62981
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.leukres.2023.107070
- ISSN
- 0145-2126
1873-5835
- Abstract
- Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a life-threatening myeloproliferative neoplasm. The chemother-apeutic effect on survival remains unclear, and feasible standardized response criteria are yet to be established. We aimed to evaluate the chemotherapeutic response and its effect on survival in patients with JMML. A retrospective registry was reviewed for children diagnosed with JMML between 2000 and 2019. Response was assessed according to the criteria proposed by the International JMML Symposium in 2007 (criteria I) and the updated version in 2013 with its modifications (criteria II). A total of 73 patients were included in this study. Complete response (CR) rates were 46.6% and 28.8% using the criteria I and criteria II, respectively. A platelet count >= 40 x 109/L at diagnosis was associated with higher CR rates using the criteria II. Patients with criteria I-based CR had a better overall survival (OS) than those without CR (81.1% vs. 49.1% at 5 years). Patients with criteria II-based CR showed better OS (85.7% vs. 55.5% at 5 years) and event-free survival (EFS) (71.1% vs. 44.7% at 5 years) than those without CR. Additionally, a trend toward better EFS was observed in patients with criteria II-based CR than in those with criteria I-based CR but without criteria II-based CR (71.1% vs. 53.8% at 5 years). Chemotherapeutic response is associated with better survival outcomes. Along with splenomegaly, the addition of platelet count recovery, existence of extramedullary leukemic infiltration, and more stringent leukocyte counts to the response criteria allows for a more sensitive prediction of survival outcomes.
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