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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Med J. 2020 Jun 11;4(2):52–59.

Table 2:

Literature review of secondary MDS/AML associated with certain chemotherapy agents.

Chemotherapy Primary Malignancy Age MDS/AML Karyotyping Time to MDS/AML (months)
Anti-metabolites (5FU/capecitabine) Colon cancer [20] 60 AML t(3;21)(q26;q22) 39
Gastric cancer [21] 49 AML NA 36
Colon cancer [22] 68 AML Monosomy 7 30
Colon cancer [23] 74 AML 46,XY, inv(3)(q21q26.2), del(5)(q13q33), add(7)(q11.2), add(11)(q23), add(15)(p13), and del(16)(q11.1) 9
Oxaliplatin Colon, cancer [24] 56 AML 46;XX,−3,add(5)(q13),add(7)(q32)/46, idem+8/45, idem,add(20)(q13.3)/44–46, idem,−11,+0–2mar,+1–2r/45, idem, del(21)(q22) 30
Rectal cancer [25] 71 MDS Monosomy 7 36
Colorectal cancer [26 ] 74 AML inv(3)(q21q26.2), del(5)(q13q33), add(7)(q11.2), add(11)(q23), add(15)(p13), del(16)(q11.1) del 7q t(15;17)(q22;q21) 9
Gastric cancer [26] 68 APML 46,XY,t(15;17)(q22;q21)(15)/46,idem, −9,+add(9)(p22)(2)/46,XY(3) 44
Colon [27] 65 APML 45,XX,der(6)t(6;17)(p25;q22),−13,der(14)t(14;16)(p11;p11),−16,der(17)(dupq12q21),i(21)(q10),+i(21)(q10) ~60
Taxanes (Paclitaxel, docetaxel, nab-paclitaxel) Ovarian cancer (2 cases) [28] 57 & 53 AML inv(16)(p13q22)
inv(16)(p13q22)
22 & 17
Ovarian cancer [29] 73 MDS/AML 46, XX, der(5;9)(p10:q10),del(7)(q?), +19, add (3) (q21), der(12), add (12) (p13)t(3:12)(q21:q22), del(12)(p?) 22
Ovarian cancer [30] 66 MDS/MPN De15q31 and 7q31 27
Endometrial cancer [31] 63 MDS/AML 45,XX,add(3)(p13), del(3)(q23q25),−5,add(5)(q 13),add(7)(q11.2), der(17)t(5,17)(q15;q25) 12
Ovarian cancer [32] 75 MDS 45 XX t(1,5) (q25;q35), del (4) (q21q26), ins (7) (p15;?), del(12)(p12), −13, −17, −17, add(19)(p13.3), add(22)(q13),+2mar in 11 metaphases and 43–45,XX, t(1;5)(q25;q35),del(4)(q21q26), ins(7)(p15;?) del(12)(p12), −13, −17, −17, add (19) (p13.3), add (22)(q13), +2–4mar 1.06
Ovarian cancer [33] 52 AML NA ~30
Breast [34] 62 AML NA 44
Cisplatin Esophageal cancer (two cases) [35] −48 −51 AML −(46,X,-Y, add(3)(q29), del(5)(q13q31), −6, +15,+16). −45 X,-Y, t(8;21) −55 −20
Laryngeal cancer [16] 64 AML 41–45,XY,−1,−5,+mar/52,XY, +6 mar ~36
Esophageal cancer [36 ] 70 AML 46XY 32