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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2014 Nov 19;121(6):876–882. doi: 10.1002/cncr.29145

Table 3. Staging at the Time of HMA Failure and Outcome After HMA Failurea.

TFS OS


% %


Scoring System No. (%) Median, Months 1-Year 3-Year Median, Months 1-Year 3-Year
IPSS Low 69 (24) 34 82 58 33 90 62
Int-1 155 (53) 21 65 37 26 77 38
Int-2 43 (15) 5 17 8 7 37 10
High 23 (8) 2 15 0 8 39 0
IPSS-R Very low 31 (11) 33 76 58 51 82 62
Low 87 (30) 31 76 42 31 79 47
Int 84 (29) 21 55 36 22 68 38
High 58 (20) 5 23 10 9 38 10
MDGSS Very high 29 (10) 4 22 10 7 36 10
Low 51 (18) 30 79 45 36 77 60
Int-1 104 (36) 29 75 40 29 75 51
Int-2 85 (29) 10 58 18 12 60 21
Poor 50 (17) 5 30 10 8 32 10

Abbreviations: HMA, hypomethylating agent; Int, intermediate; IPSS, International Prognostic Scoring System; IPSS-R, revised International Prognostic Scoring System; MDGSS, The University of Texas MD Anderson Global Scoring System; OS, overall survival; TFS, transformation-free survival.

a

This table summarizes TFS and OS (median and at 1-year and 3-year) after HMA failure according to the IPSS, IPSS-R, and MGGSS at the time of HMA failure.