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2208041

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
The histologic subtypes and survival of 840 Chinese patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) were reviewed. All cases were classified according to the Rappaport and Kiel systems and the Working Formulation (WF). A low incidence of nodular/follicular lymphomas (12%) was observed. The most common histologic subtypes were diffuse histiocytic, diffuse centroblastic, and diffuse large cell lymphomas, according to Rappaport, Kiel, and the WF, respectively. A high proportion (24%) of the cases were unclassifiable, according to Kiel, because of the precise terms of the classification. The "favorable"-prognosis NHL, according to Rappaport, or the low-grade NHL, according to Kiel and the WF, had a more indolent clinical course. However, except for the nodular mixed (Rappaport) or follicular mixed (WF) lymphomas which appeared to behave like the more aggressive NHL, a plateau was not seen in the survival curves of our patients with other kinds of favorable-prognosis or low-grade NHL, indicating the lack of curative potential of these tumors. The lymphoplasmacytoid lymphoma, according to Kiel, also appeared to have a more aggressive clinical course. A plateau was seen in most of the other survival curves of patients with the more aggressive tumors, indicating the prospect of cure. However, the prognosis of the very aggressive tumors such as the diffuse lymphoblastic and diffuse small noncleaved cell lymphomas, according to the WF, remains very poor with a median survival of less than 10 months.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0008-543X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1850-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Histologic subtypes and survival of Chinese patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't