Significance of comorbidity for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

BACKGROUND: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) remains an uncurable disease, in which the age, number and severity of comorbidities primarily determine the choice of therapeutic tactics and objectives.

AIM: To evaluate actual comorbidity and polymorbidity in patients with CLL and a possible relationship between the diseases and comorbidities that are considered concurrent and side effects of the administered treatment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study consisted of two parts. In a retrospective study, we analyzed records of patients with CLL from the Registry for Diagnostics and Treatment of Lymphoproliferative Diseases. In addition, we thoroughly evaluated and prospectively followed up 124 patients in the course of their preparation to a new stage of CLL tratement.

RESULTS: Examining data from the Russian Registry for Diagnostics and Treatment of Lymphoproliferative Diseases (n=1361) showed that in Russia, the age of patients with newly diagnosed CLL has increased in the recent decade with the increase in life span, which might change the comorbidity structure. Comparing retrospective and our own data (n=124) showed that diagnoses of concurrent diseases are often recorded formally (p3 suggested a poor prognosis for patients with CLL.

CONCLUSION: Diagnosis and treatment of comorbidities in patients with CLL require participation of different medical specialists working in a close contact with oncohematologists.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2018

Enthalten in:

Kardiologiia - (2018), S10 vom: 16., Seite 51-60

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Emelina, E I [VerfasserIn]
Gendlin, G E [VerfasserIn]
Nikitin, I G [VerfasserIn]
Poddubnaia, I V [VerfasserIn]
Udin, A A [VerfasserIn]
Dmitrieva, E A [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Comorbidity, polymorbidity, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, retrospective study, own study
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.05.2019

Date Revised 21.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM289965004