Risk classification as the basis for clinical staging of diffuse large- cell lymphoma derived from 10-year survival data

Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
WS Velasquez ◽  
S Jagannath ◽  
SL Tucker ◽  
LM Fuller ◽  
LB North ◽  
...  

Abstract Two hundred and fifty previously untreated adult patients with diffuse large-cell lymphomas were treated with a chemotherapy combination of cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine, prednisone, and low-dose bleomycin (CHOP-Bleo) with or without radiotherapy between 1974 and 1984. The 10-year survival rates for patients with Ann Arbor stages II, III, or IV disease of 55%, 42%, and 40%, respectively, were not significantly different. However, the survival rate of 76% for patients with stage I disease was clearly better. Factors more indicative of prognosis than stage, as found by univariant analysis, were tumor burden, serum lactic dehydrogenase level (LDH), age, and constitutional symptoms. From these, a multivariant analysis selected tumor burden, LDH level, and age as major independent factors for predicting survival (P less than .001). A prognostic risk model constructed on the basis of tumor burden and LDH levels identified four distinct risk groups (A, B, C, D) with 10-year survival rates of 85%, 66%, and 43% for A, B, and C. No patient in group D survived 10 years. These risk groups also had a strong correlation with complete remission rates and with relapse rates. Thus this model proved more effective for identifying patient populations according to their expected responses, durations of remission, and survivals than the Ann Arbor staging system. Detailed information supporting the use of this system for predicting prognosis and for treatment selection for patients with diffuse large-cell lymphomas is provided.

Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 551-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
WS Velasquez ◽  
S Jagannath ◽  
SL Tucker ◽  
LM Fuller ◽  
LB North ◽  
...  

Two hundred and fifty previously untreated adult patients with diffuse large-cell lymphomas were treated with a chemotherapy combination of cyclophosphamide, adriamycin, vincristine, prednisone, and low-dose bleomycin (CHOP-Bleo) with or without radiotherapy between 1974 and 1984. The 10-year survival rates for patients with Ann Arbor stages II, III, or IV disease of 55%, 42%, and 40%, respectively, were not significantly different. However, the survival rate of 76% for patients with stage I disease was clearly better. Factors more indicative of prognosis than stage, as found by univariant analysis, were tumor burden, serum lactic dehydrogenase level (LDH), age, and constitutional symptoms. From these, a multivariant analysis selected tumor burden, LDH level, and age as major independent factors for predicting survival (P less than .001). A prognostic risk model constructed on the basis of tumor burden and LDH levels identified four distinct risk groups (A, B, C, D) with 10-year survival rates of 85%, 66%, and 43% for A, B, and C. No patient in group D survived 10 years. These risk groups also had a strong correlation with complete remission rates and with relapse rates. Thus this model proved more effective for identifying patient populations according to their expected responses, durations of remission, and survivals than the Ann Arbor staging system. Detailed information supporting the use of this system for predicting prognosis and for treatment selection for patients with diffuse large-cell lymphomas is provided.


2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 2876-2882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guglielmo Nasti ◽  
Renato Talamini ◽  
Andrea Antinori ◽  
Ferdinando Martellotta ◽  
Gaia Jacchetti ◽  
...  

Purpose: To assess potential new prognostic factors and to validate the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) for AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma (AIDS-KS) staging system in the highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era. Patients and Methods: We collected epidemiologic, clinical, staging, and survival data from 211 patients with AIDS-KS enrolled in two prospective Italian human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cohort studies. We included in the analysis all patients with the diagnosis of KS made from January 1996, the time at which HAART became available in Italy. Results: In the univariate analysis, survival was not influenced by sex, age, level of HIV viremia at KS diagnosis, HAART at KS diagnosis (HAART-naïve v HAART-experienced), or type of HAART combination. Regarding ACTG classification, the 3-year survival rate was 85% for T0 patients and 69% for T1 patients (P = .007), 83% for S0 patients and 63% for S1 patients (P = .003), and 83% for I0 patients and 71% for I1 patients (P = .06). In the multivariate analysis, only the combination of poor tumor stage (T1) and poor systemic disease (S1) risk identified patients with unfavorable prognosis. The 3-year survival rate of patients with T1S1 was 53%, which was significantly lower compared with the 3-year survival rates of patients with T0S0, T1S0, and T0S1, which were 88%, 80%, and 81%, respectively (P = .0001). Conclusion: In the era of HAART, a refinement of the original ACTG staging system is needed. CD4 level does not seem to provide prognostic information. Two different risk categories are identified: a good risk (T0S0, T1S0, T0S1) and a poor risk (T1S1).


2009 ◽  
Vol 133 (8) ◽  
pp. 1262-1267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Coupland ◽  
Valerie A. White ◽  
Jack Rootman ◽  
Bertil Damato ◽  
Paul T. Finger

Abstract Context.—The ocular adnexal lymphomas (OAL) arise in the conjunctiva, orbit, lacrimal gland, and eyelids. To date, they have been clinically staged using the Ann Arbor staging system, first designed for Hodgkin and later for nodal, non–Hodgkin lymphoma. The Ann Arbor system has several shortcomings, particularly when staging extranodal non– Hodgkin lymphomas, such as OAL, which show different dissemination patterns from nodal lymphomas. Objective.—To describe the first TNM-based clinical staging system for OAL. Design.—Retrospective literature review. Results.—We have developed, to our knowledge, the first American Joint Committee on Cancer–International Union Against Cancer TNM-based staging system for OAL to overcome the limitations of the Ann Arbor system. Our staging system defines disease extent more precisely within the various anatomic compartments of the ocular adnexa and allows for analysis of site-specific factors not addressed previously. It aims to facilitate future studies by identifying clinical and histomorphologic features of prognostic significance. This system is for primary OAL only and is not intended for intraocular lymphomas. Conclusions.—Our TNM-based staging system for OAL is a user-friendly, anatomic documentation of disease extent, which creates a common language for multicenter and international collaboration. Data points will be collected with the aim of identifying biomarkers to be incorporated into the staging system.


Blood ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 942-947 ◽  
Author(s):  
WS Velasquez ◽  
LM Fuller ◽  
S Jagannath ◽  
SL Tucker ◽  
LB North ◽  
...  

Abstract One hundred forty-seven patients with Ann Arbor stages I and II diffuse large cell lymphoma (DLCL) were treated with combination chemotherapy consisting of cyclophosphamide, doxyrubicin, prednisone, and low-dose bleomycin (CHOP-Bleo) and involved-field radiation (IF XRT) between 1974 and 1984. A complete remission (CR) was attained by 54 of 57 patients with stage I disease and by 78 of 90 patients with stage II disease. Thirty-five patients had relapsing disease that occurred within 3 years in 31. The overall 10-year survival rate, counting all deaths, for patients with stage I was 72% as compared with 43% for patients with stage II (P less than .01). Determinate survival rates, censoring eight unrelated deaths, were similar to the overall survival rates: 77% and 51%, respectively. A multivariate analysis identified three independent prognostic factors: age, tumor extent, and serum lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) level. When the combined effect of tumor extent and LDH level were taken into consideration in the analysis, three risk groups for survival were identified. The best group, which consists of patients with minimum tumor and normal LDH levels, had a 10- year determinate survival of 79%. Patients with extensive tumors and elevated LDH levels had the poorest survival rate of 44%. An intermediate-risk group with a determinant survival of 62% was composed of patients with either extensive tumors or elevated LDH levels. These differences demonstrate the need to develop different treatment strategies based on risk factors for survival for patients with apparently localized Ann Arbor stages I/II DLCL.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 153303382094770
Author(s):  
Peng Fu ◽  
Yu Shi ◽  
Gang Chen ◽  
Yaohua Fan ◽  
Yanhong Gu ◽  
...  

Background: Osteosarcoma is a rare type of bone tumor, and this study aimed to assess the clinicopathologic features and prognoses of osteosarcoma patients. Methods: Clinicopathologic and survival data of 1025 patients between 2010 and 2016, 230 between 2008 and 2009 were downloaded and analyzed from the SEER database. Patients’ survival was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier analysis; prognostic factors were assessed using the Cox regression hazards model. The 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were estimated with nomogram. Competitive risk models were used to identify prognostic risk factors related to endpoint events of osteosarcoma patients. Results: Overall, 722 samples were obtained from the extremities, 134 from the axial bones, and 119 from the cranial and mandible in SEER (2010-2016 cohort). After the preliminary diagnosis, the median survival time of patients with osteosarcoma was 39 months, and the 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 87.3%, 67.2%, and 58.0%, respectively (P < 0.001). The competitive risk model revealed no competitive risks of the endpoint event. Conclusion: Our study found out the prognostic factors in patients with Osteosarcoma by Cox regression hazards model, after that, nomogram was established to predict the 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates, which may help oncologists to understand the highly malignant tumor.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farid Ghazizadeh ◽  
Mehran Noroozi ◽  
Sasan Hejazi ◽  
Amin Sedokani

Abstract Object: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is one of the pediatric and adult cancers, with a cure rate of over 90% and high long-term survival rates by treatment with chemotherapy alone or combined with radiotherapy (RT). However, survivors of pediatric HL are at high risk of secondary cancers and cardiovascular disease due to treatment. Considering the complications of RT, we aimed to evaluate the consequences and outcomes of the treatment with and without RT in a retrospective study in the pediatric oncology department of Urmia medical sciences university.Method: We carried a cross-sectional retrospective study by referring and review of records for all patients admitted in Motahari hospital with HL diagnosis from 1995 to 2016. The incomplete records and taking chemotherapy out of protocol were our exclusion criteria. The staging of disease was classified by the Ann Arbor staging system.Results: 35 patients enrolled in our study that 54.3% were female and 45.7% were male patients. The mean age of patients was 10.08±6.38 years. 10 (28.6%) cases classified in stage 1, 13 (37.1%) case in stage 2, 9 (25.7%) cases in stage 3, and 3 (8.6%) cases in stage 4. 30 patients (85.7%) were treated by chemotherapy and 5 (14.3%) patients with chemotherapy and radiation combination. In our study, the overall survival was 97.1% of patients who treated with chemotherapy alone and one patient died due to drug side effects. That is comparable with the result of other studies that treated patients with chemotherapy and radiotherapy.Conclusion: According to our findings chemotherapy without radiotherapy as initial treatment in Hodgkin lymphoma would have similar results of concomitant radiotherapy and chemotherapy, so with consideration of cost and harms of radiation therapy, we suggest a limitation of radiation therapy to patients with resistant disease that do not respond to chemotherapy solo-protocols.


PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7942
Author(s):  
Junjie Kong ◽  
Tao Wang ◽  
Shu Shen ◽  
Zifei Zhang ◽  
Xianwei Yang ◽  
...  

Liver resection surgery is the most commonly used treatment strategy for patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, there is still a chance for recurrence in these patients despite the survival benefits of this procedure. This study aimed to explore recurrence-related genes (RRGs) and establish a genomic-clinical nomogram for predicting postoperative recurrence in HCC patients. A total of 123 differently expressed genes and three RRGs (PZP, SPP2, and PRC1) were identified from online databases via Cox regression and LASSO logistic regression analyses and a gene-based risk model containing RRGs was then established. The Harrell’s concordance index (C-index), receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and calibration curves showed that the model performed well. Finally, a genomic-clinical nomogram incorporating the gene-based risk model, AJCC staging system, and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status was constructed to predict the 1-, 2-, and 3-year recurrence-free survival rates (RFS) for HCC patients. The C-index, ROC analysis, and decision curve analysis were good indicators of the nomogram’s performance. In conclusion, we identified three reliable RRGs associated with the recurrence of cancer and constructed a nomogram that performed well in predicting RFS for HCC patients. These findings could enrich our understanding of the mechanisms for HCC recurrence, help surgeons predict patients’ prognosis, and promote HCC treatment.


1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1169-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
W S Velasquez ◽  
P McLaughlin ◽  
S Tucker ◽  
F B Hagemeister ◽  
F Swan ◽  
...  

PURPOSE This study attempted to determine the efficacy of the combination of etoposide (VP-16), methyl-prednisolone, and cytarabine (Ara-C) with or without cisplatin in relapsing and refractory adult lymphoma patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS The first 63 patients were randomized to receive VP-16 40 mg/m2/d for 4 days, methylprednisolone 500 mg intravenously daily for 5 days, and Ara-C 2 g/m2 intravenously over 2 to 3 hours on day 5 with or without cisplatin 25 mg/m2 IV administered by 24-hour infusion for 4 days (ESHA +/- P). Markedly different responses between ESHA (33%) and ESHAP (75%) led to deletion of the ESHA arm. A total of 122 patients on the ESHAP regimen were studied. RESULTS Forty-five patients (37%) attained a complete remission (CR) and 33 (27%) attained a partial remission (PR), for a total response rate of 64%. The median duration of CR was 20 months, with 28% of remitters still in CR at 3 years. The overall median survival duration was 14 months; the survival rate at 3 years was 31%. Overall time to treatment failure (TTF) showed 10% of all patients to be alive and disease-free at 40 months. Response and survival rates were similar in patients with low-grade (n = 34), intermediate-grade (n = 67), transformed (n = 18), and high-grade (n = 3) lymphoma. The most significant factors for response and survival by multivariate analysis were the serum lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) level, tumor burden, and age (when analyzed as a continuous variable), while prior CR was highly significant by univariate analysis. A significant difference in survival was noted for patients with normal LDH levels and low- or intermediate-tumor burden or patients with low tumor burden and elevated LDH levels (55% 3-year survival rate) versus patients with elevated LDH levels and intermediate or high tumor burden (< 20%). Major toxicities included myelosuppression, with a median granulocyte count of 500/microL and platelet count of 70,000/microL. CONCLUSION ESHAP was found to be an active, tolerable chemotherapy regimen for relapsing and refractory lymphoma. Applying a prognostic model based on tumor burden and serum LDH level shows significant differences in survival in this patient population.


1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1343-1348 ◽  
Author(s):  
A López-Guillermo ◽  
E Montserrat ◽  
F Bosch ◽  
M J Terol ◽  
E Campo ◽  
...  

PURPOSE Variables used to build up the International Index for aggressive lymphomas (age, performance status, stage, extranodal involvement, and lactic dehydrogenase [LDH]) are also important in low-grade lymphoma. To assess the prognostic value of this index in low-grade lymphoma, we have applied it to a series of 125 patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred twenty-five patients with low-grade lymphoma who were diagnosed at a single institution over a 20-year period and treated with standard chemotherapy were studied. End points of the study were response to therapy and survival according to the International Index. In addition to the International Index, main initial and evolutive variables were evaluated. Univariate and multivariate methods were used. RESULTS After applying the International Index, the patients divided into four risk groups: low (36% of cases), low-intermediate (32%), high-intermediate (20.8%), and high (11.2%), with complete response (CR) rates in the four groups being 60%, 35%, 23%, and 21%, respectively. Ten-year overall survival rates for the risk groups were as follows: low, 73.6%; low-intermediate, 45.2%; high-intermediate, 53.5%; and high, 0% (P < .001). When the International Index was included in a multivariate analysis, along with the main initial variables, International Index (P < .001) and sex (male, worse) (P = .038) were the only parameters related to survival. When response to therapy was also included, achievement of CR (P < .0001) and International Index (P < .001) were the most important factors. In patients who achieved a CR, the International Index was the only parameter related to survival (P = .051). The results were the same when the International Index was applied to the subset of 107 patients with follicular lymphoma. CONCLUSION In this study, the International Index has been found to be an important prognostic tool in low-grade lymphomas. Such an index could be used to predict prognosis not only in aggressive, but also in low-grade lymphomas.


1993 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1466-1477 ◽  
Author(s):  
G M Brodeur ◽  
J Pritchard ◽  
F Berthold ◽  
N L Carlsen ◽  
V Castel ◽  
...  

PURPOSE AND METHODS: Based on preliminary experience, there was a need for modifications and clarifications in the International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) and International Neuroblastoma Response Criteria (INRC). In 1988, a proposal was made to establish an internationally accepted staging system for neuroblastoma, as well as consistent criteria for confirming the diagnosis and determining response to therapy (Brodeur GM, et al: J Clin Oncol 6:1874-1881, 1988). A meeting was held to review experience with the INSS and INRC and to revise or clarify the language and intent of the originally proposed criteria. Substantial changes included a redefinition of the midline, restrictions on age and bone marrow involvement for stage 4S, and the recommendation that meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scanning be implemented for evaluating the extent of disease. Other modifications and clarifications of the INSS and INRC are presented. In addition, the criteria for the diagnosis of neuroblastoma were modified. Finally, proposals were made for the development of risk groups that incorporate both clinical and biologic features in the prediction of prognosis. The biologic features that were deemed important to evaluate prospectively included serum ferritin, neuron-specific enolase (NSE), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH); tumor histology; tumor-cell DNA content; assessment of N-myc copy number; assessment of 1p deletion by cytogenetic or molecular methods; and TRK-A expression. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Modifications of the INSS and INRC made at this conference are presented. In addition, proposals are made for future modifications in these criteria and for the development of International Neuroblastoma Risk Groups.


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