Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine 2017;3(4):252-259
Correlation between the clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with extranodal natural killer/T cell lymphoma
Zeng LIN-SHU 1 ; Huang WEN-TING 1 ; Qiu TIAN 1 ; Shan LING 1 ; Guo LEI 1 ; Ying JIAN-MING 1 ; Lyu NING 1 ; Feng XIAO-LI 1
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Keywords
Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma; Pathology; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis
Country
China
Language
English
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the correlation between the clinicopathological features and prognosis in patients with extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL). Methods: One hundred and four patients diagnosed with ENKTCL at the Department of Pathology, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China from November 1991 to September 2011 were included in the study. The clini-copathological features and their correlations with disease prognosis were evaluated in these patients. Results: The number of effective follow-up cases was 56 (53.8%) by the end of last follow-up in October 2015. Univariate survival analysisshowedthatgranzymeB,perforin,andBcl-2expressionwassignificantlyassociatedwithapoorprognosisinENKTCL(P= 0.033, 0.004, and 0.034, respectively), whereas platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFRA) expression was significantly associated withabetterprognosis(P= 0.034).Ki-67overexpression(≥50%)wassignificantlyassociatedwithapoorprognosis(P= 0.017).Different treatment approaches were also associated with prognosis (P = 0.014); specifically, the efficacies of combination treatments including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation were significantly better than those involving radiotherapy and chemotherapy alone. Patient gender, age, tumor location, staging, the presence of B symptoms, pretreatment lactate dehydrogenase levels, and β2-microglobulin levels were not associated with the prognosis of ENKTCL (P > 0.05). However, multivariate analyses showed that the treatment approach and all the immune markers were not independent prognostic factors for ENKTCL. Conclusion: Granzyme B, perforin, and Bcl-2 expression and Ki-67 overexpression (≥50%) might be adverse prognostic factors for ENKTCL, whereas PDGFRA-positivity suggested a better disease prognosis. In addition, different treatment approaches might be closely related to patient prognosis.
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