[Prognostic significance of cytogenetics in aged patients with acute myeloid leukemia]

Aged patients with acute myeloid leukemia accounted for more than half of the adult AML patients, which has characteristics of low complete remission rate, short overall survival and poor prognosis. Recently, the importance of cytogenetics in AML was gradually realized. The diagnosis and typing, prognosis stratification and guide for treatment are performed on the basis of cytogenetics, but the research on influence of cytogenetics on adged patients with AML are relatively few. This review briefly summarizes the prognostic significance of cytogenetics in aged patients with AML.