SURVIVAL IN ACUTE LEUKEMIA: THE INFLUENCE OF BLOOD GROUPS, SEX, AND AGE AT ONSET
Authors: P MUSTACCHI, E M SHONFELD, S P LUCIA
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Article1 May 1960SURVIVAL IN ACUTE LEUKEMIA: THE INFLUENCE OF BLOOD GROUPS, SEX, AND AGE AT ONSETPIERO MUSTACCHI, M.D., EDWIN M. SHONFELD, A.B., S. P. LUCIA, M.D., F.A.C.P.PIERO MUSTACCHI, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EDWIN M. SHONFELD, A.B.Search for more papers by this author, S. P. LUCIA, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-52-5-1099 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis communication presents the survival experience of a group of 586 individuals with acute leukemia in relation to their blood groups, sex, and age at symptomatic onset.MATERIAL AND METHODThe study group included 586 subjects, 330 males and 256 females. The data were collected from the following institutions: Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases, New York, N. Y. (inactive files for the years 1951 through 1956); Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. (for the years 1950 through 1956); the Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland (for the years 1953...Bibliography1. MacMahonForman BD: Variations in the duration of survival of patients with acute leukemia, Blood 12: 683-693, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. GriswoldWilderCutlerPollack MHCSSJES: Cancer in Connecticut, 1935-1951, Connecticut State Department of Health, Hartford, Connecticut, 1955. Google Scholar3. MacMahonClark BDW: Incidence of the common forms of human leukemia, Blood 11: 871-881, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. MacMahon B: Epidemiological evidence on the nature of Hodgkin's disease, Cancer 10: 1045-1054 (Sept.-Oct.) 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Burnet M: Leukemia as a problem in preventive medicine, New England J. Med. 259: 423-431, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Hewitt D: Some features of leukaemia mortality, Brit. J. Prev. and Social Med. 9: 81-88, 1955. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. WalterGilliam WAAG: Leukemia mortality. Geographic distribution in the United States for 1949-1951, J. Nat. Cancer Inst. 17: 475-480, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar8. WymanLindgrenMagoffin MGWDR: Poliomyelitis—effect of Salk vaccine on severity of paralysis, California Med. 87: 1-8, 1957. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Rep., Vol. 7, No. 31, Aug. 8, 1959, National Office of Vital Statistics, Public Health Service. Google Scholar10. Weinstein L: Influence of age and sex on susceptibility and clinical manifestations in poliomyelitis, New England J. Med. 257: 47-52, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. FreiHollandSchneidermanPinkelSelkirkFreireichSilverGoldRegelson EJFMADGEJRTGLW: A comparative study of two regimens of combination chemotherapy in acute leukemia, Blood 13: 1126-1148, 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar12. PinkelNefzger DD: Some epidemiological features of childhood leukemia in the Buffalo, N. Y. area, Cancer 12: 351-358, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: San Francisco, California*Received for publication August 17, 1959.From the Department of Preventive Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, California.†Aided by a donation from Mr. and Mrs. Winston S. Cowgill in memory of Charles Christenson.‡Medical Student Fellow of the National Foundation.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Piero Mustacchi, M.D., University of California Medical Center, San Francisco 22, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRelationship of multiple myeloma with ABO blood groupsDISTRIBUTION OF ABO BLOOD GROUPS IN CHILDHOOD ACUTE LEUKEMIASEX-LINKED DIFFERENCE IN BLOOD-GROUP DISTRIBUTION AMONG PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM ACUTE LEUKAEMIASRADIOTHERAPY IN THE LEUKEMIASAcute leukemia in the adult male.II. Natural history 1 May 1960Volume 52, Issue 5Page: 1099-1107KeywordsBlood groupsEpidemiologyInformation storage and retrievalMemoryPoliomyelitisPreventive medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1960 PDF downloadLoading ...