title: Results of treatment of small non-cleaved cell lymphoma in patients without positive HIV serology.
abstract: Although small non-cleaved cell lymphoma (SNCCL) is one of the more common lymphoma subtypes in children, in both Africa and the United States, it is rare in adults. Although it responds dramatically to chemotherapy in both children and adults, it is considered a high grade lymphoma in the International Working Formulation, and carries a much less favorable prognosis than does large cell lymphoma, the more common disease with which it is often grouped in treatment reports. Beginning in 1981, we treated patients with SNCCL with MCOP (methotrexate, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone) followed by IMVP-16 (ifosfamide, methotrexate, VP-16) followed by HOAP-Bleo (adriamycin, vincristine, cytosine arabinoside, prednisone, bleomycin). From 1984 to 1988, this program was modified in that cytosine arabinoside was added to MCOP, and cyclophosphamide was substituted for ifosfamide in IMVP-16. Eighty percent of the patients entered complete remission (CR): the freedom from progression (FFP) result at five years was 60%. By multivariate analysis, Ann Arbor stage IV and age over 40 years were the most important adverse prognostic factors predicting CR and FFP results, with five-year FFP results of 24% and 40%, respectively. However, only two of the seven patients with marrow disease were free of progressive disease at five years. Central nervous system and bone marrow relapse occurred in 10 patients, nine of whom had stage IV disease, seven of whom had never attained CR. The five-year survival result was 52%, and was significantly affected by stage IV disease and age.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Hematology, Houston, Texas 77030.
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Hagemeister
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002423:Cause of Death; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007069:Ifosfamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012008:Recurrence; D015996:Survival Rate; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D001761:Bleomycin; D014750:Vincristine; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D007069:Ifosfamide; D011241:Prednisone; D008727:Methotrexate