All aggressive lymphoma subtypes do not share similar outcome after front-line autotransplantation: a matched-control analysis by the Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adulte (GELA).

BACKGROUND: Data are still conflicting on the indication of front-line autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) as consolidation for aggressive lymphoma. To assess the therapeutic effect of ASCT among different aggressive lymphoma subtypes, we conducted a matched-control analysis by pooling the data from two Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adulte (GELA) trials. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between October 1987 and September 1998, 330 patients received ASCT after achieving complete remission with the ACBVP induction regimen. The histological slides showed: B aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL) in 249 patients (75%), T-NHL in 52 patients (15%) (including 23 T anaplastic) and non-classified NHL in 29 patients. The age-adjusted International Prognostic Index (aaIPI) was 2 or 3 in 66%. Patients were matched with controls from the same GELA database but treated with chemotherapy only. RESULTS: ASCT did not benefit non-anaplastic T-NHL patients [5-year overall survival (OS) 44% (chemotherapy) versus 49% (ASCT), P=0.87; disease-free survival (DFS) 38% versus 45%, P=0.89] in comparison with B-NHL [5-year OS 77% (chemotherapy) versus 79% (ASCT), P=0.64; DFS 67% versus 72%, P=0.13]. However, for B-NHL patients with aaIPI score 2 or 3, the benefit of ASCT was significant. CONCLUSIONS: This cohort study confirms the high efficacy of front-line ASCT in responding aggressive B-NHL patients with adverse prognostic factors.     

Long term results of a randomized study performed by Intergruppo Italiano Linfomi comparing Mini-CEOP vs P-VEBEC in elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

The Intergruppo Italiano Linfomi started, in 1996, a randomized trial for the initial treatment of elderly patients (older than 65 years) with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (B-DLCL) comparing 6 courses of Mini-CEOP vs 8 weeks of P-VEBEC chemotherapy. Study objectives were survival, response and Quality of Life (QoL). Two hundred and thirty-two patients were evaluable for final analysis. Complete Response (CR) and Overall Response Rates (ORR) were 54% vs 66% (p = 0.107) and 90% vs 78% (p = 0.021) for P-VEBEC and Mini-CEOP, respectively. With a median follow-up of 72 months, the 5-year Overall Survival (OS), Relapse Free Survival (RFS), and Failure Free Survival (FFS) were 32%, 52%, and 21%, respectively. Subjects achieving a CR showed improvement of QoL regardless of treatment arm. Both Mini-CEOP and P-VEBEC determined a similar outcome for elderly patients with B-DLCL, with a third of patients alive after more than 6 years of follow-up. Both regimens can be considered equally for combination treatment with anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody.     

Rituximab-CHOP-ESHAP vs CHOP-ESHAP-high-dose therapy vs conventional CHOP chemotherapy in high-intermediate and high-risk aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

With currently available combination chemotherapy regimens, the outcome of the patients newly diagnosed with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) identified as 'high' and 'high-intermediate' risk groups according to the international prognostic index (IPI) is still unsatisfactory and a more innovative therapy is urgently required to improve the survival of the patients. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of rituximab given in combination with CHOP (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone) and ESHAP (etoposide, methylprednisolone, high-dose Ara-C, cisplatin) vs CHOP-ESHAP and upfront high-dose therapy (HDT) and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) vs standard CHOP in patients aged < or = 65 years old newly diagnosed with 'high' and 'high-intermediate' risk aggressive lymphoma enrolled onto two consecutive treatment trials at the institute. Between May 1995 - July 2002, 84 patients, aged 15 - 65 years old, with newly diagnosed aggressive NHL and an age-adjusted IPI of 2 or 3 were enrolled. The median age of the patients was 38 years (range 15 - 65). The baseline demographic features, in particular the major prognostic variables, were similar between the treatment groups. Patients treated with rituximab-CHOP-ESHAP received eight cycles of rituximab (375 mg m(-2) on day 1 of cycles 1 - 6 and days 21 and 28 of cycle 7) plus CHOP (day 3 of cycles 1, 3 and 5) and ESHAP (day 3 of cycles 2, 4 and 6 and day 1 of cycle 7) at 21-day intervals. Patients enrolled onto the CHOP-ESHAP-HDT arm (n = 23) were treated with three courses of CHOP and then switched to two or four cycles of ESHAP followed by HDT. Patients treated with CHOP alone (n = 25) were treated with the standard eight cycles of CHOP. The rate of complete remission was significantly improved with rituximab-CHOP-ESHAP compared with either CHOP-ESHAP-HDT or CHOP alone (67% compared with 44% and 36%, respectively; p = 0.043). With a median follow-up time of 53 months, the 5-year overall survival (OS) was improved by the addition of rituximab-61% with rituximab-CHOP-ESHAP, compared with 43% for CHOP-ESHAP-HDT and 24% for CHOP alone (p = 0.088). Significant increases in failure-free survival (FFS) and disease-free survival (DFS) (61% and 96%), compared with CHOP-ESHAP-HDT (34% and 90%) and CHOP (16% and 44%; p = 0.002 and p < 0.001, respectively) were observed. Compared to CHOP, rituximab-CHOP-ESHAP yielded significantly superior OS (p = 0.014), FFS (p < 0.001) and DFS (p < 0.001). The survivals, however, were not significantly different from patients treated with CHOP-ESHAP-HDT. It is concluded that rituximab-ESHAP-CHOP is superior over standard CHOP and fares comparably to upfront HDT/ASCT in previously untreated patients with aggressive lymphoma. A prospective randomized controlled trial is warranted to confirm these results.     

三阴性乳腺癌患者的临床特征及新辅助化疗疗效与预后的相关性

 目的　探讨三阴性乳腺癌（TNBC）的临床病理特点及远期生存率。并分析其新辅助化疗的疗效与生存率的相关性。方法　研究对象为535例乳腺癌患者,其中TNBC患者75例,非TNBC患者460例,对其临床和病理资料以及 5年的无病生存（DFS）率及总生存（OS）率进行回顾性分析,并与同期的非TNBC患者进行对比。535例中88例患者接受术前新辅助化疗,TNBC患者26例,非TNBC患者62例,分析其化疗疗效与远期生存的相关性。结果　TNBC患者与非TNBC患者相比,中位年龄轻（35岁比44岁）,绝经前患者居多（88.0 % 比67.2 %,P＝0.009）;浸润性导管癌多见（92. 0 % 比80.4 %,P＝0.020）,组织学分级Ⅱ级者居多（56.0 %比17.2 %,P＝0.000）;淋巴结转移阳性者较少（33.3 %比53.9 %,P＝0.001）;TNBC组5年DFS（66.67 %）、OS（80.0 %）明显低于非TNBC组（74.78 %、90.0 %）。接受新辅助化疗的TNBC患者与非TNBC患者相比,化疗的总有效（OR）率（88.46 %比82.26 %）、临床完全缓解（cCR）率（65.38 %比37.10 %）、部分缓解（PR）率（23.08 %比45.16 %）差异均有统计学意义（P＜0.05）。新辅助化疗的TNBC患者与非TNBC患者相比,5年的OS率（73.08 %比80.65 %）差异具有统计学意义（P＝0.049）;5年的DFS率（65.38 %比72.58 %）差异具有统计学意义（P＝0.253）。分层分析发现：获得cCR的TNBC与非TNBC患者的5年DFS及OS差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）。未获得cCR TNBC患者的5年DFS及OS均显著低于非TNBC患者（P＜0.05）,临床OR对两组的5年DFS及OS无影响（P＞0.05）。结论　TNBC多见于年轻的绝经前妇女,主要病理类型为浸润性导管癌,核分级高,淋巴结转移少见,但相对非TNBC患者有较低的DFS率和OS率,TNBC患者对新辅助化疗更敏感,更易获得cCR,获得cCR的TNBC患者预后好,未获得cCR的TNBC患者远期生存率明显低于非TNBC患者     

Bcl-6 mutation status provides clinically valuable information in early-stage B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

In B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), somatic mutation of IgVH genes defines a subgroup with favorable prognosis, whereas the absence of IgVH mutations is correlated with a worse outcome. Mutations of the BCL-6 gene are also observed in a subset of B-CLL, but the clinical significance of this molecular alteration remains uncertain. We examined the distribution of IgVH and BCL-6 gene mutations in 95 well-characterized patients with Binet stage A B-CLL, and correlated them with clinical, laboratory, cytogenetic findings and disease progression. Mutations of the BCL-6 gene were observed only in cases harboring mutated IgVH. Unexpectedly, coexistence of IgVH and BCL-6 mutations was correlated with shorter treatment-free interval (TFI) compared to cases harboring only IgVH mutation (median, 55 months vs not reached; P=0.01), resembling the clinical course of unmutated IgVH cases (median TFI, 44 months). As expected, deletions of 17p13 (P53 locus) and 11q22 (ATM locus) were observed in cases with unmutated IgVH, except one patient who showed mutations of both IgVH and BCL-6. No other statistically significant differences were observed among the genetic subgroups. Our data indicate that BCL-6 mutations identify a subgroup of Binet stage A B-CLL patients with a high risk of progression despite the presence of mutated IgVH gene.     

Determination of microsatellite instability, p53 and K-RAS mutations in hepatic metastases from patients with colorectal cancer: relationship with response to 5-fluorouracil and survival

In vitro and clinical studies have suggested that high-frequency microsatellite instability (MSI-H) phenotype, p53 and K-ras mutations might influence the response to chemotherapy in a variety of tumors, including primary colorectal cancers (CRC). Unresectable hepatic metastases from CRC are commonly treated with 5-fluorouracil (5FU) and folinic acid. Since several new active drugs are now used for treating CRC, molecular determinants predictive to response to 5FU would thus be crucial for optimizing indications of chemotherapy to those patients. MSI-H phenotype, p53 and K-ras status were characterized in a prospective study of 56 patients with CRC metastatic to the liver and treated with 5FU-based chemotherapy. The objective response rate after a 3-month treatment was 32.1%. The prevalence of p53 mutations, K-ras mutations and MSI-H phenotype was 62.5%, 30.3% and 1.8%, respectively. No significant association was found between response to chemotherapy and p53 mutations (78% mutated tumors in responders vs. 55% in nonresponders; p = 0.10) and K-ras mutations (39% mutated tumors in responders vs. 26% in nonresponders; p = 0.34). Survival was longer for patients with p53-mutated metastases than for patients with unresected wild-type p53 metastases (median survival 15 months vs. 17 months; p = 0.06). The determination of the MSI-H phenotype, p53 and K-ras status in hepatic metastases from CRC does not discriminate a group of patients that should preferentially benefit from 5FU-based chemotherapy. The prognosis of patients with treated liver metastases is better when p53 is mutated.     

T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphomas and classical diffuse large B-cell lymphomas have similar outcome after chemotherapy: a matched-control analysis.

PURPOSE: Because it is unclear whether T-cell/histiocyte-rich large B-cell lymphomas (H/TCRBCL) should be considered as a true clinicopathologic entity, we conducted a matched-control analysis comparing patients with H/TCRBCL and patients with diffuse large-B cell lymphoma (B-DLCL). PATIENTS AND METHODS: More than 4,500 patients were enrolled onto non-Hodgkin's lymphoma trials conducted by the Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adulte. After histologic review, 50 patients were subclassified as H/TCRBCL. They were matched to 150 patients with B-DLCL for each of the factors of the International Prognostic Index (IPI). RESULTS: Clinical characteristics of H/TCRBCL patients showed a male predominance and a median age of 47 years. Performance status was normal in 89% of patients, whereas lactate dehydrogenase level was increased in 60% of patients. The disease was disseminated in 81% of patients, and 48% had two or more involved extranodal sites. The IPI score was >or= 2 in 53% of patients. The complete response rate to chemotherapy was 63%, and 5-year overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) rates (mean +/- SD) were 58% +/- 18% and 53% +/- 16%, respectively. The matched-control analysis showed a trend toward a better response to chemotherapy for patients with B-DLCL (P =.06), whereas no difference was observed in OS (P =.9) and EFS (P =.8). CONCLUSION: H/TCRBCL is an aggressive disease that often presents with adverse prognostic factors. However, when treatment is adapted to the disease risk, outcome is equivalent to that observed in patients with B-DLCL. Thus H/TCRBCL should be considered a pathologic variant that belongs to the B-DLCL category.     

The role of anthracyclines in combination chemotherapy for the treatment of follicular lymphoma: retrospective study of the Intergruppo Italiano Linfomi on 761 cases

In order to elucidate the role of anthracycline based combination chemotherapy regimens for the treatment of follicular lymphoma we conducted a retrospective study on a large series of patients with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of follicular lymphoma. The Italian lymphoma intergroup (ILI) promoted a retrospective study of patients with follicular lymphoma treated in cooperative trials between 1985 and 1996. Six hundred and thirty three cases were treated with an anthracycline-containing regimen and 128 patients were treated without anthracyclines. The two groups were prognostically comparable; in particular, no difference was observed according to both IPI and ILI prognostic index. Results showed a complete remission (CR) rate for patients treated with anthracyclines was 69.2% and overall response rate was 92.5%. After a median follow-up of 51 months (54 months for patients still alive), the 5- and 10-year overall survival (OS) rates were 80 and 66%, respectively. Disease-free survival (DFS) and failure-free survival (FFS) rates at 5 years were 61 and 49%, respectively. In the group of patients treated with combination chemotherapy not including anthracyclines, the CR rate was 67.5% and the overall response rate was 85.4%. A longer OS (80% at 5 years) was observed in patients treated with anthracyclines compared to 67% OS rate in patients treated without anthracyclines (p = 0.0004). FFS was significantly longer in patients treated with anthracyclines (49 vs. 34% p = 0.006). Patients treated with anthracyclines with low or intermediate risk according to ILI prognostic index showed a significantly longer OS (p = 0.0001 andp = 0.0009, respectively); those in the high-risk group showed a trend for a longer survival. In conclusion, this retrospective study shows that patients with follicular lymphoma treated with an anthracycline containing regimen had a better outcome compared to patients treated with other combination regimens non including anthracyclines in terms of CRs, OS and FFS. On the basis of these results anthracycline-containing regimens (ACR) should be considered as the standard treatment of patients with advanced follicular lymphoma.     

Current status of autologous stem cell transplantation in relapsed and refractory Hodgkin's lymphoma

Despite the relatively high long-term disease-free survival (DFS) rate for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) with modern combination chemotherapy or combined modality regimens, ～20% of patients die from progressive or relapsed disease. The standard treatment for relapsed and primary refractory HL is salvage chemotherapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), which has shown a 5-year progression-free survival rate of ～50%-60%. Recent developments in a number of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities have begun to improve these results. Functional imaging, refinement of clinical prognostic factors, and development of novel biomarkers have improved the predictive algorithms, allowing better patient selection and timing for ASCT. In addition, these algorithms have begun to identify a group of patients who are candidates for more aggressive treatment beyond standard ASCT. Novel salvage regimens may potentially improve the rate of complete remission prior to ASCT, and the use of maintenance therapy after ASCT has become a subject of current investigation. We present a summary of developments in each of these areas.     

Autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. The Argentine Group of Bone Marrow Transplantation (GATMO) experience

BACKGROUND: The objective of this analysis was to evaluate the role of autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in prolonging disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who received autografts of Philadelphia chromosome (Ph) positive or Ph negative cell harvests. METHODS: Over a 4-year period (1994-1999), 53 patients who underwent ASCT for CML were reported to the Argentine Group of Bone Marrow Transplantation (GATMO) Registry. RESULTS: Ph negative cell products were harvested in only 18 patients (34%). Comparison of disease status at the time of autograft, duration of neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, days of antibiotics, and transfusional requirements of red blood cells and platelets did not reveal statistical significant differences between the Ph positive group and the Ph negative group. Only days of hospitalization were increased significantly in patients who received Ph positive autografts. Although DFS at 36 months was significantly longer after infusion of Ph negative cell products (54% vs. 14%; P 相似文献   

Chemoresistance can be overcome with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation for relapsed and refractory Hodgkin lymphoma

BackgroundHigh-dose therapy and autologous stem-cell transplant (HDT/ASCT) is the preferred treatment of chemosensitive relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). The role for HDT/ASCT in chemoresistant HL is less well defined. We evaluated long-term outcomes of relapsed/refractory HL patients whose disease was refractory to secondary chemotherapy preceding HDT/ASCT.Patients and methodsAll HL patients who underwent HDT/ASCT in British Columbia for primary progression (PP, defined as progression within 3 months of initial therapy completion) or first relapse (REL1) were reviewed. Patients were grouped based on response to secondary chemotherapy as sensitive (S), resistant (R), and untested/unknown (U).ResultsA total of 256 patients underwent HDT/ASCT for PP (35%) or REL1 (65%) between 1985 and 2011. At median follow-up of 11.7 years, 58% were alive without HL, 36% relapsed; 6% died of transplant-related mortality, 3% secondary malignancies, and 3% unrelated causes. For PP/S, PP/R, and PP/U groups, 10-year FFS were 47%, 31%, and 38%; 10-year OS were 52%, 29%, and 37%, respectively. For REL1/S, REL1/R, and REL1/U groups, 10-year FFS were 64%, 51%, and 81%; 10-year OS were 71%, 59%, and 79%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, resistance to secondary chemotherapy predicted for post-transplant mortality in the PP (P = 0.04) but not REL1 (P = 0.16) groups.ConclusionIn this large uniformly treated cohort of HL patients with long-term follow-up, chemoresistance preceding HDT/ASCT was identified as a poor prognostic factor; however, this factor can be partially overcome by HDT/ASCT, resulting in cure in 30%–50% of patients. HDT/ASCT should therefore be considered in all transplant eligible patients, regardless of responsiveness to salvage chemotherapy.     

45例儿童肾母细胞瘤临床分析

目的 探讨儿童肾母细胞瘤的治疗模式,提高其疗效.方法 回顾性分析45例儿童肾母细胞瘤患者的诊治过程,根据分期、组织分型、治疗方式进行分组,应用Kaplan-Meier法比较各组3年和5年总生存率(overallsurvival,OS)、2年无瘤生存率(disease free survival,DFS).结果 单纯手术组(n=7)3年和5年OS分别为100.0％和66.7％,与综合治疗组(n=36)的80.9％和72.8％比较差异均无统计学意义(均P＞0.05).综合治疗组2年DFS高于单纯手术组,差异具有统计学意义(61.9％ vs 17.9％,P＜0.05).不同分期和组织分型之间5年OS、2年DFS比较差异均无统计学意义(均P＞0.05).结论 综合治疗模式能提高肾母细胞瘤疗效.     

新药诱导后自体干细胞移植巩固治疗对不同危险度骨髓瘤患者的作用探讨*

目的:探讨自体造血干细胞移植（autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ,ASCT）作为新药诱导后的巩固治疗对不同危险分层骨髓瘤患者的无进展生存时间（progression-freesurvival ,PFS）及总生存时间（over all survival,OS）的影响。方法:回顾性分析2006年8 月至2011年7 月在本科行自体干细胞移植巩固治疗的67例多发性骨髓瘤患者,根据ISS 分期及FISH检测结果为基础的最新IMWG 预后标准分为高危组17例,中危组24例,低危组26例。另选取同时期67例接受化疗作为巩固治疗的骨髓瘤患者进行年龄、危险分层配对,比较移植组与化疗组的PFS 和OS差异。所有患者前期均接受硼替佐米和/或沙利度胺为主的诱导治疗。结果:所有患者诱导治疗后均达到部分缓解（partial remissive disease ,PR）以上疗效,移植组与化疗组vs . 接近完全缓解率（nCR/CR）差异无统计学意义（44.8% vs. 37.3% ,P=0.380）。 巩固治疗后,高、中、低危移植组患者中位nCR/CR率分别由47.1% ,37.5% ,50.0% 增加为62.9% ,62.5% ,61.5% 。高危患者移植巩固后中位PFS（30.5 个月vs. 11.2 月,P<0.001）和OS（85.5 vs. 34个月,P=0.015）均明显延长;中危移植组和化疗组中位PFS 和OS无统计学差异（P>0.05）;低危移植组患者与化疗组相比,中位PFS 延长（34.8 vs. 17.6 个月,P=0.012）,OS差异无统计学意义（P>0.05）。 结论:在硼替佐米和/或沙利度胺为基础的新药诱导治疗后,高危骨髓瘤患者更能从自体造血干细胞移植巩固治疗中获益,进而延长生存。      

The number of residual metastatic lymph nodes following neoadjuvant chemotherapy predicts survival in patients with stage III NSCLC

The prognosis of patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who achieve a pathological complete response or downstaging following neoadjuvant therapies are better than the prognosis of patients with residual metastatic lymph nodes (LN). However, the prognostic significance of the number of residual metastatic LNs remains unclear. From January 2001 to January 2006, 42 consecutive patients with stage IIIAN2 (22 patients) and IIIB without pleural effusion (20 patients) were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Thirty-four (81.0%) of the 42 patients were pathologically staged by mediastinoscopy. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy consisted of 3 cycles of platinum-based doublet (21 patients with gemcitabine, 15 with paclitaxel, and 6 with docetaxel). After neoadjuvant chemotherapy, a pathological complete response was achieved in one patient and downstaging was achieved in 24 patients. Pathological LN metastasis was absent in 9 patients (21.4%) and present in 33 patients (78.6%). With a median follow-up of 23 months, the 2-year disease-free survival (DFS) rate of patients without residual LN metastasis was statistically better than that of patients with residual LN metastasis (46% vs. 18% respectively, P=0.03). Among 33 patients with residual LN metastasis, age (P=0.01), pathological downstaging (P=0.098) and the number of residual metastatic LNs (median 14 months in 1-4 LN vs. median 5 months in LN > or =5; P=0.011) were significant predictors of DFS in univariate analysis. In multivariate analysis, the number of residual metastatic LNs was an independent predictor of DFS among patients with residual LN metastasis, irrespective of pathological downstaging. The number of residual metastatic lymph nodes following neoadjuvant chemotherapy is an independent predictor of DFS in patients with stage III NSCLC.     

BCL-6 mutations are associated with immunoglobulin variable heavy chain mutations in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia

The cell of origin of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is still uncertain. Recent studies have indicated that a fraction of B-CLL displays somatically mutated immunoglobulin variable heavy chain (IgV(H)) genes, which suggests an origin from a post-germinal center (GC) B cell. It has been shown that the 5' noncoding region of the BCL-6 proto-oncogene is affected by mutations in normal GC B-lymphocytes and in lymphoid malignancies displaying GC/post-GC phenotype. To further explore the cellular origin of B-CLL, we have analyzed 34 cases for mutations in the BCL-6 5' noncoding region and in the IgV(H) genes. We found somatically mutated IgV(H) genes in 24 (73%) of 33 samples (average frequency, 6.5 x 10(-2)/bp) and BCL-6 mutations in 8 (24%) of 34 cases (average frequency, 0.14 x 10(-2)/bp in the mutated cases). The occurrence of BCL-6 mutations was restricted to those cases displaying IgV(H) mutations. Analysis of BCL-6 protein expression as a marker of GC phenotype showed that, regardless of the presence of IgV(H) or BCL-6 mutations, B-CLLs express BCL-6 at levels clearly below those found in normal or transformed GC B cells. These results indicate that a subset of B-CLL derives from a cell that has been exposed to the somatic hypermutation mechanism and support the hypothesis that BCL-6 mutations result from the same process that targets immunoglobulin genes.     

Indications for radiotherapy and chemotherapy after complete resection in rhabdomyosarcoma: A report from the Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Studies I to III.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the outcome of patients with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) treated with complete surgical resection and multiagent chemotherapy, with or without local radiotherapy (RT). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four hundred thirty-nine patients with completely resected (ie, group I) RMS were further treated with chemotherapy (vincristine and actinomycin D +/- cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin) on Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Studies (IRS) I to III between 1972 and 1991. Eighty-three patients (19%) also received local RT as a component of initial treatment. RESULTS: Eighty-six patients relapsed (10-year failure-free survival [FFS] 79%, overall survival 89%). Six percent of failure sites were local, 6% were regional, and 7% were distant. Poor prognostic factors were tumor size greater than 5 cm, alveolar or undifferentiated histology, primary tumor sites other than genitourinary, and treatment on IRS-I or II. For patients with embryonal RMS who were treated with RT, there was a trend for improved FFS but no difference in overall survival. On IRS-I and II, patients with alveolar or undifferentiated sarcoma who received RT compared with those who did not receive RT had greater 10-year FFS rates (73% v 44%, respectively; P =.03) and overall survival rates (82% v 52%, respectively; (P =.02). Such patients who received RT on IRS III also benefited more than those who did not receive RT (10-year FFS, 95% v 69%; P =.01; overall survival, 95% v 86%; P =.23). CONCLUSION: Patients with group I embryonal RMS have an excellent prognosis when treated with adjuvant multiagent chemotherapy without RT. Patients with alveolar RMS or undifferentiated sarcoma fare worse; however, FFS and overall survival are substantially improved when RT is added to multiagent chemotherapy (IRS-I and II). The best outcome occurred in IRS-III, when RT was used in conjunction with intensified chemotherapy.     

Analysis of dose intensity in doxorubicin-containing adjuvant chemotherapy in stage II and III breast carcinoma

Three hundred thirty-six patients with stage II or stage III breast cancer were treated on an adjuvant protocol containing fluorouracil, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone (FACVP). Depending on the estrogen-receptor (ER) status, the patients were subdivided to receive maintenance chemotherapy with or without tamoxifen. The administered dose intensity of fluorouracil, doxorubicin, and cyclophosphamide (FAC) (mg/m2/wk) relative to the projected dose intensity (based on planned dose) was computed for each patient. The relative dose intensity of the first six cycles of chemotherapy (RDI6) was compared with disease-free survival (DFS). Of the 299 patients who completed at least six cycles of therapy, 83% received dose intensities within 20% of standard intensity (.8 less than or equal to RDI6 less than or equal to 1.2). The group with the highest dose intensity (RDI6 greater than or equal to 1.13) had the longest DFS, though there was not a clear trend of linear association between dose intensity and DFS after adjustment for prognostic factors (P = .16). The patients who received at least standard dose intensity (RDI6 greater than or equal to 1.0) had longer DFS than those whose therapy did not reach standard intensity (RDI6 less than 1.0). This difference was significant in patients with stage III disease (P = .01). The 37 patients who completed fewer than six cycles of chemotherapy had the shortest DFS (5-year DFS of 48% v 65% in the others). This retrospective analysis, in a heterogeneously treated group of patients, did not show the differences in outcome associated with dose intensity as demonstrated in the earlier studies comparing projected dose intensity of various cyclophosphamide, methotrexate-, and fluorouracil (CMF)-containing adjuvant trials. Improved DFS was noted in the stage III patients receiving higher dose intensity. Our failure to demonstrate the differences in stage II patients may be due to the narrow range of dose intensity in this study or to a difference in the dose-response curves depending on the stage of disease.     

Rearrangements of bcl-6, bcl-2, c-myc and 6q deletion in B-diffuse large-cell lymphoma: Clinical relevance in 71 patients

Background: B-diffuse large-cell lymphomas (DLCL) have been associated with some molecular lesions, but the role of such lesions as prognostic markers is still controversial. This report concerns an investigation of the frequency and clinical correlation of bcl-6, bcl-2, c-myc rearrangements and 6(q) deletions in B-DLCL.Patients and methods: The presence of these genetic lesions was analyzed in samples of lymph nodes or bone marrow collected at diagnosis in 71 patients with B-DLCL, all treated with an antracycline-containing chemotherapy regimen.Results: Rearrangement of bcl-6 was found in 11 patients (15%), rearranged bcl-2 in 12 (17%), 6(q) deletions in 10 patients (14%) and c-myc rearrangement in four (6%). Patients with rearranged bcl-6 tended to have a more aggressive disease than patients with germ-line bcl-6 (intermediate–high/high risk according to IPI criteria: 73% vs. 43%), but there were no differences in three-year survival rates (62% vs. 42%) between the two groups. The numbers of involved extranodal sites were similar in patients with rearranged and those with germ-line bcl-6. Patients with bcl-2 rearrangement appeared to have a less aggressive disease than those with germ-line bcl-2 (low/low–intermediate risk 75% vs. 47%) and a slightly better three-year survival rate (70% vs. 41%) but again the difference was not significant. Both groups with or without 6(q) deletion had similar clinical characteristics and outcomes. The four patients with c-myc rearrangement had aggressive disease and did poorly.Conclusions: The analysis of molecular lesions in B-DLCL may be useful for a better diagnostic definition; however, in this study we were unable to show that the evaluated genetic lesions had a significant impact on clinical outcome.     

42例原发性中枢神经系统淋巴瘤患者预后影响因素分析

背景与目的：原发性中枢神经系统淋巴瘤（primary central nervous system lymphoma,PCNSL）是发生在脑、脊髓、脑膜或眼的罕见侵袭型非霍奇金淋巴瘤,无CNS之外的部位累及。PCNSL与其他类型淋巴瘤相比,患者生存期短,预后差,且复发率高,未经治疗的患者的中位生存期仅为3个月。近年来研究发现C-MYC、BCL-2、BCL-6、Ki-67等指标在一定程度上影响PCNSL患者预后。因此,通过分析PCNSL相关蛋白表达、治疗方式及其他临床因素对患者预后的影响, 希望为该病的临床治疗及预后评价进一步积累资料。方法：回顾性分析自2013年6月—2021年5月于大连医科大学附属第二医院治疗的42例经病理学检查明确诊断为原发性中枢神经系统弥漫大B细胞淋巴瘤患者的临床资料,包括性别、年龄、病灶数量、美国东部肿瘤协作组（Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group,ECOG）评分、血清乳酸脱氢酶（lactate dehydrogenase,LDH）、病灶是否累及深部脑组织、治疗方案、病理学Hans分型及C-MYC、BCL-2、BCL-6、Ki-67等生物标志物,结合随访调查,了解患者生存时间及生存状况,应用Kaplan-Meier法及log-rank检验分析影响患者无进展生存期（progression-free survival,PFS）和总生存期（overall survival,OS）的预后相关因素,多因素分析采用COX回归模型。结果：42例PCNSL患者中位发病年龄61岁,男女比例为1.33∶1.00,颅脑增强MRI病灶多呈均匀明显强化。所有患者均接受含有大剂量甲氨蝶呤（high-dose methotrexate,HD-MTX）方案化疗,治疗后评价完全缓解（complete response,CR）20例、部分缓解（partial response,PR）5例,疾病稳定（stable disease,SD）11例,疾病进展（progressive disease,PD）6例。中位PFS为21个月,中位OS为34个月,1年PFS率为63.7%,2年PFS率为47.0%;1年OS率为70.8%,2年OS率为55.6%。单因素分析结果显示,影响PFS的因素是HD-MTX多药联合化疗、鞘内化疗及联合利妥昔单抗。影响OS的因素是ECOG评分≥2、C-MYC（+）、BCL-2及C-MYC双表达、HD-MTX多药联合化疗、鞘内化疗及联合利妥昔单抗。多因素分析结果显示：利妥昔单抗治疗是影响PFS的独立预后因素（P=0.020）,ECOG评分、利妥昔单抗是影响OS的独立预后因素（P=0.007;P=0.046）。与未接受巩固治疗的患者相比,接受巩固治疗患者的中位PFS及OS较高;进一步的亚组分析显示,自体干细胞移植（autologous stem cell transplantation,ASCT）组的中位PFS及OS较全脑放疗（whole brain radiation therapy,WBRT）组高,但差异无统计学意义。结论：PCNSL多发于中老年人,男性多于女性,影像学缺乏特异性。ECOG评分≥2与PCNSL患者较差的OS相关。C-MYC（+）、BCL-2及C-MYC双表达可作为指导危险分层的预后标志物。以HD-MTX为基础的多药联合化疗已经成为PCNSL的首选治疗手段,利妥昔单抗的应用可延长生存期。在全身化疗的基础上,联合局部鞘内化疗可以改善预后。进一步的巩固治疗主要包括ASCT及WBRT,可延长PFS及OS,ASCT可以取得与WBRT相似的疗效,且可避免WBRT的晚期神经毒性,但本研究中因样本量及随访时间的限制,未得出明确的统计学结果。     

Evaluation of clinical significance of TP53, BCL-2, BAX and MEK1 expression in 229 ovarian carcinomas treated with platinum-based regimen

In cell line studies, BCL-2, BAX, as well as novel MEK1 protein levels have strong influence on ovarian cancer response to cisplatin-based chemotherapy. However, such associations have not been demonstrated clinically. We evaluated prognostic/predictive significance of these proteins with regard to TP53 status. Immunohistochemical analysis was performed on 229 ovarian carcinomas FIGO stage IIB-IV treated with platinum-based chemotherapy; the results were analysed by the Cox and logistic regression models. Clinical parameters (residual tumour size, patient age, FIGO stage) were the only indicators of overall survival (OS) and the strongest predictors of complete remission (CR). On the other hand, BAX expression was the strongest (P=0.005) or the only (in FIGO IIIC, P=0.02) prognostic indicator of disease-free survival (DFS) in the TP53(+) group. TP53(+) and TP53(-) ovarian carcinomas differed in clinical and molecular prognostic and predictive factors. Another novel finding is that CR was negatively influenced by high BAX expression in all patients group (P=0.047) and by BCL2 expression in the TP53(-) group (P=0.05). High MEK1 expression was associated with endometrioid and clear cell carcinomas (P=0.049); its loss was found with advancing FIGO stage (P=0.002). Our results suggest that binomial TP53 status divides ovarian carcinomas into two biologically distinct groups. BAX expression is an important factor of DFS in the TP53(+) group. BCL-2 and BAX, but not MEK1 expressions have predictive value in ovarian cancer patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy.