Case Report

Paclitaxel Induced MDS and AML: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Case reports of taxane chemotherapy related myelogenous leukemias.

AuthorYearAgePrimary tumorDocetaxelPaclitaxel (total dose in mg) Carboplatin (total dose in mg) Karyotype Latency of leukemia (period from initial treatment to onset of AML)MDSAMLPrognostic: time from Dx of AML to death

Ishikawa et al. [8]201465Ovarian cancer19686480 45,XX,der(6)t(6:17)(p23;q21)inv(6)(p23q13),17,
add(19)(p13)4/44,sl-510/46,XX5
3 years 10 months MDS-RCMD15 m

Vanajakshi et al. [9]201469Ovarian cancer 1200270053XX; trisomies 8, 12, 16, 18, 19, and +2mar JAK2V617F; 5q31 and 7q31 deletions 33 monthsMDS-UM41 m of AML

See et al. [10]200654Ovarian cancer17106820Abnormal karyotype with multiple complex abnormalities, including 45XX t(1,5)(q25;q35),del(4)
(q21q26),ins(7)(p15;?),del(12)(p12),213,217,217,
add(19)(p13.3),
add(22)(q13),12mar in 11 metaphases and 43–45,XX,t(1;5)
(q25;q35),del(4)(q21q26),ins(7)(p15;?)
del(12)(p12),213,217,217,add(19)(p13.3),
add(22)(q13),1224mar in 8 metaphases were identified at diagnosis of erythroleukemia
36 monthsM610 m after dx of AML

Yeasmin et al. [11]200873Ovarian cancer2085191046,XX,der(5,19)(p10:q10),−6,del(7)(q?),
add(12)(p11.2),−13,−17,+19
24 monthsMDS-RAEBM72 m

Kim et al. [12]200664NSCLC5251123NR27 monthsMDS-CMML9 m

Gupta et al. [13]201464Breast cancer(Dose not specified) 46,XX,t(8;16)(p11.2;p13.3),der(22)t(1;22)(q21;q13) 2 yearsM41 m

Melichar et al. [14] 201254Ovarian and breast cancer(Dose not specified)Cisplatin equivalents 3798 mgNR5 yearsMDS-RAEB3 m

Melichar et al. [14] 201266Ovarian cancer31 cycles × 175 mg/m2Cisplatin equivalents 4050 mgNR43 monthsUnclassified1 m

Christodoulou et al. [15] 200421Mixed germ cell tumor (seminoma)100047,XY,i(5)(p10),del(12)(p11),+i(12)(p10) 1810 monthsMDS (RARS)Survived

Seymour et al. [16]199959Ovarian cancer18003600NR22 monthsM4Survived

Seymour et al. [16]199954-55Neuroendocrine cancer of ovary450750NR8 monthsM410 weeks

Griesinger et al. [17] 200474NSCLC stage IIIB4 cycles × 100 mg/m24800NR40 monthsMDS-RAM240 m

Current201463Endometrial cancer1511431245,XX,add(3)(p13),del(3)(q23q25),−5,add(5)(q13),
add(7)(q11.2),der(17)t(5,17)(q15;q25)
7.5 monthsMDS-RAEBM42 weeks