title: Long-term remission in diffuse histiocytic lymphoma treated with combination sequential chemotherapy.
abstract: Seventeen patients with Stage III or IV reticulum cell sarcoma were treated with three cycles of a 5-drug regimen between February, 1969 and December, 1970. Of the 17 patients, 9 attained a complete remission and 6 had a parital remission; 2 were considered unevaluable. Recently, the original biopsies from these patients were reclassified according to the criteria of rappaport et al. The results were: diffuse histiocytic--8; nodular histiocytic--2; diffuse mixed--2; nodular mixed--3; diffuse lymphocytic poorly differentiated--1; nodular lymphocytic poorly differentiated--1. Of the 8 patients with diffuse histiocytic lymphoma 6 attained complete remission, 1 had a partial remission, and 1 was unevaluable. One of the 6 with complete remission relapsed at 7 months and died 2 months later. However, the other 5 are alive and in continued unmaintained remission for 55 to 65 months.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003561:Cytarabine; D014750:Vincristine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D002955:Leucovorin; D008727:Methotrexate