Chemotherapy with MACOP-B and VACOP-B for intermediate- and high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: clinical results and analysis of prognostic factors
Autor: | G, Pichert, J, Peters, R A, Stahel, C, Dommann, R, Joss, J O, Gebbers, T, Kroner, H, Sulser, H P, Honegger, R, Maurer |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Adolescent L-Lactate Dehydrogenase Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Prednisolone Middle Aged Prognosis Bleomycin Methotrexate Doxorubicin Vincristine Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols Multivariate Analysis Humans Prednisone Cyclophosphamide Aged Etoposide Neoplasm Staging Retrospective Studies |
Zdroj: | Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology. 3(8) |
ISSN: | 0923-7534 |
Popis: | Eighty-three previously untreated patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were treated with either MACOP-B (23 patients) or VACOP-B (60 patients) as originally described by Klimo and Conners [1, 2]. Their median age was 46 years. Thirty-seven patients had stage I or II and 46 stage III or IV disease. The tumor histopathology was reviewed in all cases. Sixty-five patients had intermediate grade and 18 high-grade non-Hodgkin's lymphomas according to the International Working Formulation. The rate of complete response was 74% for MACOP-B and 76% for VACOP-B. At the time of analysis the duration of follow-up was 50 months for the MACOP-B and 22 months for the VACOP-B group. The actuarial three-year progression-free survival was 35 +/- 10% for the MACOP-B group, 48 +/- 11% for the VACOP-B group, and 46 +/- 7% for all patients. Treatment mortality was 6%. A univariate and a multivariate analysis of selected pretreatment parameters and of regimen demonstrated that stage III or IV, high-grade lymphoma, and elevated serum LDH, but not the type of regimen, are significantly associated with poor progression-free survival in our patient population. |
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