(g/dl). [4-20]
A possible conversion for Hb values:
10 g/dL= 6.2 mmol/L, 8 g/dL= 5.0 mmol/L
Advanced Calculator
Developed by the International Working Group for the Prognosis of MDS (IWG-PM) under the aegis of the MDS Foundation, Inc.
When entering values into the calculator, note the units given in parentheses. Also note that the usual ranges, given for orientation, are in brackets. These are not normal ranges.
| Cytogenetic prognostic subgroups | Cytogenetic abnormalities |
| Very good | -Y, del(11q) |
| Good | Normal, del(5q), del(12p), del(20q), double including del(5q) |
| Intermediate | del(7q), +8, +19, i(17q), any other single or double independent clones |
| Poor | -7, inv(3)/t(3q)/del(3q), double including -7/del(7q), Complex: 3 abnormalities |
| Very poor | Complex: >3 abnormalities |
| Prognostic variable | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Cytogenetics | Very Good | Good | Intermediate | Poor | Very Poor | ||
| BM Blast % | <=2 | >2-<5% | 5-10% | >10% | |||
| Hemoglobin | =>10 | 8-<10 | <8 | ||||
| Platelets | =>100 | 50-<100 | <50 | ||||
| ANC | =>0.8 | <0.8 |
| RISK CATEGORY | RISK SCORE |
| Very Low | <=1.5 |
| Low | >1.5 - 3 |
| Intermediate | >3 - 4.5 |
| High | >4.5 - 6 |
| Very High | >6 |
| No. pts | Very Low | Low | Intermediate | High | Very High | |
| Patients (%) | 7012 | 19% | 38% | 20% | 13% | 10% |
| Survival*** | 8.8 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | |
| AML/25%***,^ | NR | 10.8 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | |
