PURPOSE: A dramatic improvement in the survival of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) occurred after the introduction of imatinib mesylate, the first tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). We assessed how these changes affected the life expectancy of patients with CML and life-years lost as a...
Leukemia is the cancer of white blood cells. You have four types of leukemia. Those would be acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Life expectancy depends on these four types. Other factors...
Correlation between General Health with Life Expectancy and Quality of Life in Patients with leukemiaKahrazei, FarhadKooteh, Behzad RigiEsfahani, Amir AkbariQom University of Medical Sciences Journal
Imatinib may give normal life expectancy to patients with CML.(just in)(chronic myelogenous leukemia)(Report)McBride, Deborah
Correlation between General Health with Life Expectancy and Quality of Life in Patients with leukemiaFarhad KahrazeeBehzad Rigi KootehAmir Akbari EsfahaniMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Qum
Whether advances in treatment are prolonging survival of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is unclear. We analyzed presentation patterns and... P Abrisqueta,A Pereira,C Rozman,... - 《Blood》 被引量: 215发表: 2009年 HIV/AIDS and Cross-National Convergence in Life Expectancy This...
LIFE expectancyCHRONIC leukemiaHowever, this would only potentially influence estimates for patients diagnosed during the 1990s since the age-standardized incidence rate of CLL in the Netherlands remained comparatively steady as of the early 2000s, and the life expectancy of CLL patients continued to ...
Real Life Dates of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) in Germany. Interim Analysis of 234 Consecutively New Diagnosed Patients in a German Epidemiological-Clinical Register Background: Therapy studies yield important insights into clinical features and therapeutic options of CLL. However studies in Germany...
The life expectancy of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) approaches that of the age-matched population and quality of life (QOL) issues are becoming increasingly important. To describe patients’ characteristics and assess QOL, we delivered a 30-item core questionnaire, a 24-item CML-...
With modern medical care, many persons with Down syndrome live into adulthood, although they do have a shorterlife expectancy, living on average to about 60 years, than normal adults because they develop the degenerative conditions ofold ageprematurely. Complications associated with Down syndrome inclu...