Associated Malignancies in Patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia and Their Kin
Associated Malignancies in Patients with Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia and Their Kin
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DOI:
10.3816/clml.2011.n.016
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发表时间:
2011-02-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Treon, Steven P.
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作者:
Hanzis, Christina;Ojha, Rohit P.;Treon, Steven P.
We examined the incidence of other malignancies in 924 Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (WM) patients and their kin. A total of 225 (24.3%) patients had >= 1 additional malignancy, with 63% predating the WM diagnosis. The most common gender-adjusted malignancies were prostate (9.4%), breast (8.0%), non-melanoma skin (7.1%), hematologic (2.8%), melanoma (2.2%), lung (1.4%) and thyroid 1.1%). Among hematologic malignancies, all 13 cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and 4 cases of acute myelogenous leukemia were diagnosed after WM, and were therapy-related. Familial WM subgroup analysis showed a higher incidence of prostate cancer (P = .046) in sporadic WM patients, while patients with familial WM had a higher incidence of lung cancer (P = .0043). An increased incidence of myeloid leukemias (P < .0001) was reported among kin of familial WM patients. These data reveal specific cancer associations with WM, and provide a basis for exploratory studies aimed at delineating a common genetic basis. Additionally, these studies suggest specific cancer clustering based on familial predisposition to WM.