Risk-based, response-adapted therapy for early-stage extranodal nasal-typeNK/T-cell lymphoma in the modern chemotherapy era: A China Lymphoma Collaborative Group study
- 1 September 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Hematology
- Vol. 95 (9), 1047-1056
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajh.25878
Abstract
We aimed to determine the survival benefits of chemotherapy (CT) added to radiotherapy (RT) in different risk groups of patients with early-stage extranodal nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL), and to investigate the risk of postponing RT based on induction CT responses. A total of 1360 patients who received RT with or without new-regimen CT from 20 institutions were retrospectively reviewed. The patients had received RT alone, RT followed by CT (RT + CT), or CT followed by RT (CT + RT). The patients were stratified into different risk groups using the nomogram-revised risk index (NRI). A comparative study was performed using propensity score-matched (PSM) analysis. Adding new-regimen CT to RT (vs RT alone) significantly improved overall survival (OS, 73.2% vs 60.9%,P < .001) and progression-free survival (PFS, 63.5% vs 54.2%,P < .001) for intermediate-risk/high-risk patients, but not for low-risk patients. For intermediate-risk/high-risk patients, RT + CT and CT + RT resulted in non-significantly different OS (77.7% vs 72.4%;P= .290) and PFS (67.1% vs 63.1%;P= .592). For patients with complete response (CR) after induction CT, initiation of RT within or beyond three cycles of CT resulted in similar OS (78.2% vs 81.7%,P= .915) and PFS (68.2% vs 69.9%,P= .519). For patients without CR, early RT resulted in better PFS (63.4% vs 47.6%,P= .019) than late RT. Risk-based, response-adapted therapy involving early RT combined with CT is a viable, effective strategy for intermediate-risk/high-risk early-stage patients with ENKTCL in the modern treatment era.Funding Information
- Research and Development
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