title: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors including fraction of S-phase cells.
abstract: In a material of 80 patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma a multivariate analysis was carried out taking the following variables into account: Age, clinical stage, B-symptoms, morphologic diagnosis and fraction of S-phase cells in the tumour determined by flow cytometry. Clinical stage, proportion of cells in the S-phase, and age of the patient were significant independent prognostic factors. Morphologic malignancy grade and B-symptoms were not significant parameters in this analysis. It was concluded that DNA analysis with determination of the fraction of S-phase cells is a valuable complement to morphology in the evaluation of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. In combination with the clinical stage it gives very good discrimination into groups with different prognoses.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007399:Interphase; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm