Association of Leukemia Cutis With Survival in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Leukemia cutis (LC) is an important yet understudied extramedullary manifestation of leukemia. Previous reports have suggested poor prognosis for patients with LC, but these reports have largely consisted of descriptive studies with a limited number of patients.

Objectives

To identify patient factors associated with LC and characterize the association of LC with the course of acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, matched-cohort study included 1683 patients with AML diagnosed from January 1, 2005, to April 1, 2017, with and without biopsy-proven LC seen at a single-center, tertiary care hospital in St Louis, Missouri. To specifically evaluate differences in survival, propensity scoring was used to match patients

SUBMITTER: Wang CX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6583862 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature