2012
Epidemiology of Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Ma X. Epidemiology of Myelodysplastic Syndromes. The American Journal Of Medicine 2012, 125: s2-s5. PMID: 22735748, PMCID: PMC3394456, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.04.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeIncidence of MDSBetter risk-stratify patientsClonal hematopoietic stem cell malignanciesHematopoietic stem cell malignanciesRisk-stratify patientsStem cell malignanciesMore effective treatmentsMDS prognosisDifferent comorbiditiesPrognostic factorsSignificant morbidityEtiologic factorsDisease burdenPoor survivalEffective treatmentCell malignanciesHigh mortalityNew casesHeterogeneous groupComorbiditiesSyndromeDiseaseRecent studiesPotential interactions
2011
Cigarette smoking shortens the survival of patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
Ma X, Wang R, Galili N, Mayne ST, Wang SA, Yu H, Raza A. Cigarette smoking shortens the survival of patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. Cancer Causes & Control 2011, 22: 623-629. PMID: 21287258, PMCID: PMC3086405, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9735-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower-risk myelodysplastic syndromesSurvival of patientsRisk of deathMyelodysplastic syndromeMDS survivalLifestyle factorsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeCox proportional hazards modelLow-risk patientsProportional hazards modelInitial clinical encounterClinical characteristicsHazard ratioIndependent predictorsPrognostic roleMDS patientsCigarette smokingPoor survivalHematological malignanciesElevated riskHazards modelPatientsSmokingClinical encounters