[The management of stage I lymphomas of the T-cell type].
Between 1980 and 1988, we treated 68 patients with clinical stage I non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Fifteen patients had lesions classified as T-cell type lymphomas, and the remainder as B-cell type lymphomas. The actuarial 5-year survival rate was 42% for patients with T-cell type and 78% for patients with B-cell (p less than 0.03), and freedom from relapse was 25% and 67%, respectively (p less than 0.01). The main relapse sites for patients with T-cell type were extranodal (5 patients) and multiple sites (2 patients). These results suggest that patients with T-cell type lymphomas should be treated by aggressive combination chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy, even though their disease may appear to be limited to one region.
Hayabuchi
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Department of Radiology, Saga Medical University.
Kishikawa
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Jingu
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Miyoshi
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Masuda
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate