2023
Standardising acute myeloid leukaemia classification systems: a perspective from a panel of international experts
Shallis R, Daver N, Altman J, Komrokji R, Pollyea D, Badar T, Bewersdorf J, Bhatt V, de Botton S, de la Fuente Burguera A, Carraway H, Desai P, Dillon R, Duployez N, El Chaer F, Fathi A, Freeman S, Gojo I, Grunwald M, Jonas B, Konopleva M, Lin T, Mannis G, Mascarenhas J, Michaelis L, Mims A, Montesinos P, Pozdnyakova O, Pratz K, Schuh A, Sekeres M, Smith C, Stahl M, Subklewe M, Uy G, Voso M, Walter R, Wang E, Zeidner J, Žučenka A, Zeidan A. Standardising acute myeloid leukaemia classification systems: a perspective from a panel of international experts. The Lancet Haematology 2023, 10: e767-e776. PMID: 37572683, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3026(23)00159-x.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAcute myeloid leukemiaMyeloid leukemiaClinical trial eligibilityInternational consensus classificationHeath care providersHealth care providersTrial eligibilityClassification systemResponse assessmentDisease definitionConsensus classificationPatientsDrug developmentLeukemiaConsistent management strategiesInternational expertsRegulatory pathwaysProvidersHematopathologistsCliniciansDiagnosisTreatment Considerations of Myelodysplastic Syndromes/Neoplasms for Pathologists
Madanat Y, Zeidan A. Treatment Considerations of Myelodysplastic Syndromes/Neoplasms for Pathologists. Clinics In Laboratory Medicine 2023, 43: 685-698. PMID: 37865511, DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2023.07.003.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsBone marrow biopsy reportsAvailable treatment optionsBest therapeutic approachClinical presentationPathologic findingsRisk stratificationTherapeutic optionsTreatment optionsBiopsy reportsDisease entityTherapeutic approachesTreatment considerationsAccurate diagnosisGenetic abnormalitiesDiagnosisDisease subclassificationPatientsNeoplasmsHematopathologistsOptionsPrognosticationAbnormalitiesCliniciansSubclassification
2022
Streamline - Retrospective Cohort Study of FLT3-mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes after First Relapse or Refractory (R/R) Diagnosis
Zeidan A, Gautam S, Yu R, Lan Z, Grinblatt D, ElSouda D, Spalding J, Block A, Touya M, Pandya B. Streamline - Retrospective Cohort Study of FLT3-mutated Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes after First Relapse or Refractory (R/R) Diagnosis. Blood 2022, 140: 8124-8126. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2022-166692.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Wide variation in use and interpretation of gene mutation profiling panels among health care providers of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: results of a large web-based survey
Pine AB, Chokr N, Stahl M, Steensma DP, Sekeres MA, Litzow MR, Luger SM, Stone RM, Greenberg PL, Bejar R, Bewersdorf JP, Gore SD, Zeidan AM. Wide variation in use and interpretation of gene mutation profiling panels among health care providers of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: results of a large web-based survey. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2020, 61: 1455-1464. PMID: 32026740, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2020.1723013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeRisk stratificationMolecular profilingNext-generation sequencingWeb-based surveyRole of NGSManagement of patientsUtility of NGSEvidence-based guidelinesHealth care providersLarge web-based surveyMDS patientsPractice patternsTreatment decisionsCare providersResponse assessmentProviders' beliefsPatientsInstitutional guidelinesGene mutationsDiagnosisSyndromeTesting logisticsInterpretation of resultsWide variation
2019
Hypomethylating agent (HMA) therapy use and survival in older adults with Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB) in the United States (USA): a large propensity score-matched population-based study†
Davidoff AJ, Hu X, Bewersdorf JP, Wang R, Podoltsev NA, Huntington SF, Gore SD, Ma X, Zeidan AM. Hypomethylating agent (HMA) therapy use and survival in older adults with Refractory Anemia with Excess Blasts (RAEB) in the United States (USA): a large propensity score-matched population-based study†. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2019, 61: 1178-1187. PMID: 31878809, PMCID: PMC7735409, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2019.1703970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeExcess blastsRefractory anemiaOverall survival benefitRetrospective cohort studyMedian OSOS benefitRAEB patientsCohort studySurvival benefitTherapy useMyelodysplastic syndromeClinical trialsLower riskMedicare dataPatientsPropensity scoreOlder adultsDiagnosisAnemiaQuartileUnited StatesAssociationEnd resultOS