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disease classification and manifestations of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) 

(WHO; NCCN v 2.2022)

Chronic phase (CP) 🌻

  • <15% blasts (peripheral or bone marrow).
  • Risk stratification based on
    • Sokal score (Blood 1984;63:789) 
    • Euro scores (J Clin Pathol 2001;54:491)
  • (3–5y pre-TKI)
  • 85% of pts, asx, no criteria for accelerated or blast crisis

Accelerated phase (AP) 🩰

  • 15% blasts, or 10-19% blasts in PB or bone marrow

  • ≥20% basos, of total in blood or bone marrow
  • (12–18 mos pre-TKI)
  • plts <100k,
  • clonal evolution (karyotype changes) not seen at dx
  • progressive splenomegaly

Blastic phase (BP) 🤯

  • ≥20% blasts (peripheral or marrow)
  • and/or extramedullary leukemia

  • Most asx or may have mild constitutional s/s related to splenomegaly.

disease progression

  • worsening constitutional sx
  • bone pain
  • ↑ spleen size