2017
A call for action: Increasing enrollment of untreated patients with higher‐risk myelodysplastic syndromes in first‐line clinical trials
Zeidan AM, Stahl M, Sekeres MA, Steensma DP, Komrokji RS, Gore SD. A call for action: Increasing enrollment of untreated patients with higher‐risk myelodysplastic syndromes in first‐line clinical trials. Cancer 2017, 123: 3662-3672. PMID: 28759108, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30903.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeAZA-001 trialClinical trialsMinimal survival gainsLarge randomized trialsManagement of patientsPopulation-based studyClinical trial enrollmentQuality of lifeMonotherapy armMedian survivalRandomized trialsSurvival impactTrial enrollmentSurvival gainMyelodysplastic syndromeRegistry analysisAggressive malignancyPatientsNatural historyRoutine useTrialsSurvivalEnrollmentHMAs
2016
Hypomethylating Agent Therapy and Survival Among Older Patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia in the United States: A Large Population-Based Study
Zeidan A, Hu X, Long J, Wang R, Huntington S, Podoltsev N, Gore S, Ma X, Davidoff A. Hypomethylating Agent Therapy and Survival Among Older Patients with Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia in the United States: A Large Population-Based Study. Blood 2016, 128: 394. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v128.22.394.394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic myelomonocytic leukemiaMyelodysplastic syndromeSurvival benefitHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeDemonstrated survival benefitRetrospective cohort studyRisk myelodysplastic syndromesUse of HMAsAgent azacitidineLack of evidenceCohort studyClinical entityMyelomonocytic leukemiaBiologic evidenceOlder adultsAzacitidineUnited StatesHMAsEnd resultPatientsSyndromeLeukemiaDecitabineEpidemiology
2015
Genome sequencing in myelodysplastic syndromes: can molecular mutations predict benefit from hypomethylating agent therapy?
Lee EJ, Zeidan AM. Genome sequencing in myelodysplastic syndromes: can molecular mutations predict benefit from hypomethylating agent therapy? Expert Review Of Hematology 2015, 8: 155-158. PMID: 25697572, DOI: 10.1586/17474086.2015.1016905.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMyelodysplastic syndromeHigh-risk myelodysplastic syndromeMolecular mutationsRecurrent molecular mutationsReliable clinical predictorsIndependent prognostic valueMyelodysplastic syndrome patientsUrgent clinical needIdentification of biomarkersAgent therapyClinical predictorsPrognostic valuePrognostic subgroupsSyndrome patientsVariable coursePatientsClinical implicationsTET2 mutationsClinical needSyndromeTherapyRecurrent mutationsBiomarkersHMAsResearch priorities