[Primary ileocecal lymphoma: report of 30 cases].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the best therapeutic method for primary ileocecal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.


METHODS
Clinicopathologic features of 30 patients who had been treated from June 1964 to September 1993 were analyzed retrospectively.


RESULTS
Twenty-eight patients (93%) underwent resection of their disease. Eleven patients had the resection followed by chemotherapy. Eleven patients had the resection followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy. All had pathologic evidence. Twenty-nine patients were categorized as B-cell type NHL. One had T-cell lesion. Eleven patients had stage I disease, 11 stage II, 4 stage III, and 4 stage IV. The 5-year survival rate was 36.67%.


CONCLUSIONS
The prognostic factors are stage of the disease and treatment modality. Adequate initial surgery combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy may provide optimum therapy for patients with primary ileocecal lymphoma.
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Abdominal Department, Tianjin Cancer Hospital, Tianjin 300060.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D007080:Ileocecal Valve / Q000473:pathology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome