Abstract |
Young patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) are variably treated with rituximab combined with cyclophosphamide- doxorubicin- vincristine- prednisone (R-CHOP), CHOP- etoposide (R-CHOEP), and anthracycline-based regimens with the addition of high-dose cytarabine/ methotrexate (R-HDA/M). Using the nationwide, population-based Swedish Lymphoma Registry, we evaluated outcome, by treatment and Healthcare Region, in all 751 DLBCL patients aged ≤60 years without central nervous involvement, diagnosed in Sweden between 2007 and 2012. Overall survival was estimated using multivariate Cox analysis. In patients with age-adjusted international prognostic index (aaIPI) ≥ 2, the 5-year overall survival (OS) was 70%, 76% and 85% after R-CHOP, R-CHOEP and R-HDA/M, respectively (P = 0·002); the corresponding estimates were 40%, 55%, and 92% in aaIPI = 3 (P = 0·014). There were large therapeutic differences between Sweden's six Healthcare Regions for aaIPI ≥ 2: three were "Moderate" (more R-CHOP) and three "Intensive" (more R-CHOEP and R-HDA/M). Patients with aaIPI ≥ 2 who were treated in the Intensive Regions, showed better OS (P < 0·00005), particularly those with aaIPI = 3 (5-year OS, 62% vs. 30%; P < 0·00005). There were no regional differences in therapy or survival in patients with aaIPI < 2. We conclude that in younger high-risk patients, survival appears superior after more intensive therapy than R-CHOP.
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Authors | Christopher M Melén, Gunilla Enblad, Kristina Sonnevi, Henna Riikka Junlén, Karin E Smedby, Mats Jerkeman, Björn Engelbrekt Wahlin |
Journal | British journal of haematology
(Br J Haematol)
Vol. 175
Issue 4
Pg. 614-622
(Nov 2016)
ISSN: 1365-2141 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 27790699
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
(administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
- Biomarkers
- Female
- Humans
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
(diagnosis, drug therapy, epidemiology, mortality)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Registries
- Risk Factors
- Survival Analysis
- Sweden
(epidemiology)
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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