title: Similar outcome of treatment of B-cell and T-cell diffuse large-cell lymphomas: the Stanford experience.
abstract: Although previous studies have suggested a relatively poor prognosis for some patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma, the clinical significance of immunologic phenotype in diffuse large-cell lymphoma (DLCL) remains controversial. One hundred one patients with a uniform morphologic diagnosis of DLCL treated at Stanford between 1975 and 1986 with cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin (doxorubicin; Adria Laboratories, Columbus, OH), vincristine, and prednisone (CHOP), methotrexate, bleomycin, Adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and dexamethasone ([M]BACOD), or methotrexate, Adriamycin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone, and bleomycin (MACOP-B) chemotherapy were studied with regard to immunologic phenotype. Immunologic analysis, performed on frozen or paraffin-embedded tissue, identified 77 cases of B-cell origin, 21 cases of T-cell origin, and three cases that lacked B-cell or T-cell markers. Analysis of complete remission (CR) rates (84% v 95%), 5-year actuarial freedom from disease progression (38% v 53%), and 5-year actuarial overall survival (52% v 79%) showed no statistically significant differences in prognosis between B- and T-cell patients, respectively. The 5-year actuarial survival of patients with stage IV T-cell DLCL (56%) also did not differ in a statistically significant way from stage IV B-cell patients (36%). We conclude that treatment selection for DLCL should not be based on immunologic phenotype alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Oncology), Stanford University Medical School, CA 94305.
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Doggett
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Dorfman
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Warnke
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Horning
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011239:Prednisolone; D011241:Prednisone; D008727:Methotrexate