Ratio of peripheral blood absolute lymphocyte count to absolute monocyte count at diagnosis is associated with progression-free survival in follicular lymphoma |
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Authors: | Shogo Kumagai Masaharu Tashima Jun Fujikawa Makoto Iwasaki Yoshihiro Iwamoto Yuki Sueki Akiko Fukunaga Soshi Yanagita Momoko Nishikori Akifumi Takaori-Kondo Nobuyoshi Arima |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Hematology, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan 2. Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 3. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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Abstract: | The prognosis of follicular lymphoma (FL) is significantly associated with host immunity and tumor microenvironment. Lymphopenia has been identified as a negative prognostic factor for FL. The association between monocytosis and progression-free survival (PFS) in FL remains controversial. It is unknown whether the ratio of peripheral blood absolute lymphocyte count to absolute monocyte count (ALC/AMC) at diagnosis is associated with FL prognosis. We studied 99 consecutive patients with FL who were treated with rituximab-containing chemotherapy at Kitano Hospital or Kyoto University Hospital between 2000 and 2012. We analyzed individual variables associated with the ALC/AMC ratio before treatment, as well as known prognostic factors of FL, and found that an ALC/AMC ratio of 4.7 was the best cut-off value for PFS. Kaplan–Meier analysis showed that a decreased ALC/AMC ratio was associated with inferior PFS (P = 0.022). Multivariate analysis showed that a decreased ALC/AMC ratio was a significant poor prognostic factor independent of other variables (hazard ratio, 2.714; 95 % confidence interval, 1.060–6.948; P = 0.037). The ALC/AMC ratio before treatment may be a significant prognostic factor predicting PFS of FL. |
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