New progress of allogeneic transplantation in myelodysplastic syndromes in the 55th ASH annual meeting / 白血病·淋巴瘤

ABSTRACT

New progress of myelodysplastic syndomes (MDS) in the 55th ASH annual meeting on allogeneic transplantation were reviewed.Even though the IPSS was developed mainly to determine the prognostic risk in newly diagnosed MDS patients,its predictive value concerning posttransplantation outcome has bcen confirmed in several studies.According to a decision model published a decade ago,patients with intermediate-2 or high-risk MDS by IPSS criteria should be considered for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) at the time of diagnosis if an HLA-matched donor is available at this time.Given the age of most MDS patients,therapeutic interventions are per se often limited to rather nonintensive treatment approaches.This article reviews the current evidence for allogeneic HCT as a therapeutic option in the context of disease-specific characteristics and current available alternative treatments.