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40 Chapter 1: AML<br />

quarter of the patients with <strong>autologous</strong> stem cells may be free of disease for 3<br />

years or longer.<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

The myelodysplasia syndromes are a heterogeneous group of disorders with a<br />

variable prognosis. The outlook of patients with refractory anemia with excess of<br />

blasts (RAEB), refractory anemia with excess of blasts in transformation (RAEBt),<br />

therapy-related myelodysplastic syndromes, or secondary acute myeloblasts<br />

leukemia (sAML) is poor if untreated, with median survival durations of

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