title: The significance of MALT histology in thyroid lymphoma: a review of patients from the BNLI and Royal Marsden Hospital.
abstract: Data from a series of 45 patients with Stage I and II non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the thyroid gland were analysed retrospectively to determine the incidence and prognostic significance of histopathological features of tumour origin from mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). The overall 5- and 10-year cause specific survival from NHL for the series was 79%. Evidence of tumour origin from MALT was the only significant prognostic factor for overall survival identified by multivariate analysis of the series (P < 0.01). A total of 31 (69%) tumours showed such evidence, the cause specific patient survival from NHL at 5 and 10 years being 90% compared with only 55% at 5 years for the 14 patients without such evidence. For patients given initial treatment with radiotherapy alone, those with evidence of tumour origin from MALT had a relatively low relapse rate and a relatively high success rate from salvage therapy, compared with a relatively high relapse rate and negligible success from salvage therapy in those without evidence of such tumour origin.
authors: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
authors: R W
authors: RW
authors: Laing
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Hoskin
authors: B V
authors: BV
authors: Hudson
authors: G V
authors: GV
authors: Hudson
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Harmer
authors: M H
authors: MH
authors: Bennett
authors: K A
authors: KA
authors: MacLennan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy