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Table 3 Crude MDS/AML rates by treatment category

From: Increased incidence of myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia following breast cancer treatment with radiation alone or combined with chemotherapy: a registry cohort analysis 1990-2005

Treatment category

% (cases/no. in category) (95% CI)

2 years of follow up (n = 5790)

All patients

.29 (17/5790) (.17, .47)

Surgery only

0 (0/420) (0)

Surgery/radiation

.25 (7/2764) (.10, .52)

Surgery/chemotherapy

.16 (1/639) (.00, .87)

Surgery/radiation/chemotherapy

.41 (9/1959) (.21, .87)

Anthracycline regimen

.25 (5/1968) (.08, .59)

Non-anthracycline regimen

.47 (3/633) (.10, 1.38)

5 years of follow up (n = 4179)

All patients

.41 (17/4179) (.24, .65)

Surgery only

0 (0/222) (0)

Surgery/radiation

.24 (5/2058) (.08, .57)

Surgery/chemotherapy

.22 (1/461) (.01, 1.20)

Surgery/radiation/chemotherapy

.42 (6/1440) (.15, .90)

Anthracycline regimen

.15 (2/1368) (.02, .53)

Non-anthracycline regimen

.56 (3/531) (.12, 1.64)