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Effect of follicularity on autologous transplantation for large-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

PURPOSE: This study evaluated the outcomes of patients who received high-dose chemotherapy ( HDC) and autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) for large-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and the effect of a follicular versus a diffuse histology. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The prognostic factors in 289 patients who underwent HDC and ASCT for large-cell NHL between May 1983 and December 1996 were analyzed. RESULTS: With a median follow-up duration of 24 months for surviving patients (range, 3 to 131 months), 112 of 289 (39%) were alive and 82 of 289 (28%) were failure-free. In a multivariate analysis, the factors associated with a poorer failure-free survival (FFS) included a lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) level greater than normal (P < .0001), three or more prior chemotherapy regimens received (P < .01), a mass > or = 10 cm at transplant (P < .01), and diffuse histology at the time of transplant (P = .026). Patients who received HDC and ASCT for large-cell NHL in the good-prognosis category (normal LDH, < three prior chemotherapy regimens, no large mass, and not chemotherapy-resistant) had a 5-year survival rate of 45%. Within the good-prognosis group, patients with diffuse large-cell NHL had a 5-year survival rate of 42% compared with 58% for patients with follicular large-cell (FLC) lymphoma (P = .05). CONCLUSION: Good-prognosis patients with FLC histology who receive HDC and ASCT have an improved survival compared with good-prognosis patients with a diffuse large-cell histology.[1]

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  1. Effect of follicularity on autologous transplantation for large-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Vose, J.M., Bierman, P.J., Lynch, J.C., Weisenburger, D.D., Kessinger, A., Chan, W.C., Greiner, T.C., Armitage, J.O. J. Clin. Oncol. (1998) [Pubmed]
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