Combination of Frailty Status and Comorbidity Score Improves the Stratification of Survival in Patients with Myelodysplastic Syndrome Due to Good Predictive Capability for Infection-Related Mortality

We retrospectively analyzed the prognostic effects of frailty and its association with comorbidity in patients with MDS at a single institute. The incidence of infection-related mortality progressively increased with frailty and comorbidity. Combining the evaluation of frailty and comorbidity might aid in more precise prediction of OS due to good predictive capability for infection-related mortality.

Source: Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia - September 27, 2019 Category: Hematology Authors: Kazuki Sakatoku, Yasunobu Takeoka, Akiko Miura, Taku Araki, Yotaro Fujitani, Ryosuke Yamamura, Hirohisa Nakamae, Kensuke Ohta, Masayuki Hino Tags: Original Study Source Type: research