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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Best Pract Res Clin Haematol. 2014 Nov 11;28(1):3–13. doi: 10.1016/j.beha.2014.11.001

Table 1.

Prognostic Classification Systems for MDS and CMML1

System Blasts Cyto Hgb Plts ANC Age RBC txn PS
IPSS + + + + + +
WPSS +2 + + +3
MDA-LR + + + + +
MDAS + + + + +4 + + +
FPSS +(PB) + + +
CPSS5 + + + +4 +3
IPSS-R6 + + + + + + +
1

Table adapted from references 1-7

2

WHO MDS subtype

3

RBC transfusion dependency can be substituted by haemoglobin (Hgb) level

4

Leucocytosis

5

CMML: FAB and WHO MDS subtypes

6

Plus other variables: LDH, ferritin, b2-microglobulin, fibrosis