Prognostic Value of Translocation t(11;18) in Tumoral Response of Low-Grade Gastric Lymphoma of Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Type to Oral Chemotherapy
- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- hematologic malignancies
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 23 (22), 5061-5066
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2005.05.660
Abstract
Purpose: To determine the impact of translocation t(11;18) on response to oral alkylating agents in gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (GML). Patients and Methods: Fifty-three patients with a GML were studied. Helicobacter pylori--positive patients (n = 34) received anti–H pylori treatment and H pylori–negative patients (n = 19) or patients who failed to respond to anti–H pylori treatment received oral alkylating agents. t(11;18) was detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction from frozen gastric biopsies. Results: t(11;18) was detected in 32% of patients. It was more prevalent in H pylori--negative as compared with H pylori--positive patients (12 of 19 v five of 34 patients; P = .0005). Among 31 H pylori–eradicated patients, t(11;18) was detected in three patients, all of whom experienced treatment failure, and it was absent in 28 patients: 21 patients (75%) were in remission and seven patients (25%) experienced treatment failure (P = .03). Among 21 patients who received an alkylating agent, t(11;18) was detected in 12 patients: five patients (42%) were in remission and seven patients (58%) experienced treatment failure. t(11;18) was absent in nine patients: eight patients (89%) were in remission and one patient (11%) experienced treatment failure by the end of treatment. Four patients in remission relapsed during follow-up (median, 7 years): they all had t(11;18). Durable remission was obtained in eight (89%) of the nine patients without t(11;18) versus one of the 12 patients (8%) with t(11;18) (P = .0003). Conclusion: Presence of t(11;18) in GML is predictive of resistance to oral alkylating agents, with less than 10% of durable remission at long-term follow-up.Keywords
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