Patients' characteristics and treatment duration
Characteristic .  | No. .  | 
|---|---|
| Patients enrolled | 43 | 
| Sex | |
| Male | 26 | 
| Female | 17 | 
| Age, y, median (range) | 65 (27-79) | 
| ECOG performance status, median (range) | 1 (0-3) | 
| FAB type | |
| M0 | 5 | 
| M1 | 8 | 
| M2 | 9 | 
| M4 | 12 | 
| M5 | 3 | 
| M7 | 2 | 
| Not classified | 4 | 
| Prior MDS | 6 | 
| Prior induction therapy | |
| No | 11 | 
| Yes | 32 | 
| Cytogenetics | |
| Unfavorable | 18 | 
| Intermediate | 14 | 
| Favorable | 3 | 
| Unknown | 8 | 
| Patients never treated | 1 | 
| No. of cycles received | |
| 1 | 17 | 
| 2 | 5 | 
| 3 | 1 | 
| 4 | 1 | 
|      5  |  1  | 
Characteristic .  | No. .  | 
|---|---|
| Patients enrolled | 43 | 
| Sex | |
| Male | 26 | 
| Female | 17 | 
| Age, y, median (range) | 65 (27-79) | 
| ECOG performance status, median (range) | 1 (0-3) | 
| FAB type | |
| M0 | 5 | 
| M1 | 8 | 
| M2 | 9 | 
| M4 | 12 | 
| M5 | 3 | 
| M7 | 2 | 
| Not classified | 4 | 
| Prior MDS | 6 | 
| Prior induction therapy | |
| No | 11 | 
| Yes | 32 | 
| Cytogenetics | |
| Unfavorable | 18 | 
| Intermediate | 14 | 
| Favorable | 3 | 
| Unknown | 8 | 
| Patients never treated | 1 | 
| No. of cycles received | |
| 1 | 17 | 
| 2 | 5 | 
| 3 | 1 | 
| 4 | 1 | 
|      5  |  1  | 
FAB indicates French-American-British; and MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome.