Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of pulmonary MALT lymphoma
Open Access
- 18 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 34 (6), 1408-1416
- https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00039309
Abstract
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-derived (MALT) lymphoma, a low grade B-cell extranodal lymphoma, is the most frequent subset of primary pulmonary lymphoma. Our objective was to evaluate the initial extent of disease and to analyse the characteristics and long-term outcome of these patients. All chest and pathological departments of teaching hospitals in Paris were contacted in order to identify patients with a histological diagnosis of primary pulmonary lymphoma of the MALT subtype. 63 cases were identified. The median age was 60 yrs. 36% of cases had no symptoms at diagnosis. 46% of patients had at least one extrapulmonary location of lymphoma. The estimated 5- and 10-yr overall survival rates were 90% and 72%, respectively. Only two of the nine observed deaths were related to lymphoma. Age and performance status were the only two adverse prognostic factors for survival. Extrapulmonary location of lymphoma was not a prognostic factor for overall survival or for progression-free survival. Treatment with cyclophosphamide or anthracyclin was associated with shorter progression-free survival, when compared with chlorambucil. The survival data confirm the indolent nature of pulmonary MALT lymphoma. Better progression-free survival was observed with chlorambucil when compared with cyclophosphamide or anthracyclin.Keywords
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