Research Paper Volume 13, Issue 7 pp 10225—10239
Conditional survival and hazards of death for peripheral T-cell lymphomas
- 1 Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Lymphoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Haidian 100142, Beijing, China
- 2 Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Medical Record Statistics, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Haidian 100142, Beijing, China
- 3 State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology and Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Chaoyang 100021, Beijing, China
Received: December 7, 2020 Accepted: February 18, 2021 Published: March 26, 2021
https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.202782How to Cite
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Abstract
Typically, peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCLs) prognosis is estimated using overall survival before treatment. However, these estimates cannot show how prognosis evolves with the changing hazard rate over time. Patients (n = 650) with newly diagnosed PTCLs were enrolled retrospectively. After a median follow-up of 5.4 years, angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (PTCL, NOS) and NK/T cell lymphoma had initially lower 3-year conditional overall survival (COS3; i.e., the 3-year conditional overall survival was defined as the probability of surviving an additional 3 years) and higher hazards of death (26–44.3%). However, after 2 years, the COS3 increased and the death risk decreased over time, whereas anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive anaplastic large-cell lymphoma constantly had a lower risk over time (0–19.5%). For patients with complete remission after initial treatment, prognosis varied by histological subtypes, with PTCL, NOS having a negative impact. Our data suggested that the risk stratification using the International Prognostic Index might not accurately predict the COS3 for survivors of PTCLs. The COS3 provided time-dependent prognostic information for PTCLs, representing a possible surrogate prognosis indicator for long-term survivors after systemic chemotherapy.
Abbreviations
AITL: angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma; ALCL: anaplastic large cell lymphoma; ALK: anaplastic lymphoma kinase positive; COS: conditional survival; COS3: 3-year conditional survival; ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; IPI: International Prognostic Index; NK/TCL: natural killer/T-cell lymphoma; OS: overall survival; PTCL, NOS: peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified; PTCLs: peripheral T-cell lymphomas.