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Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma in Sweden between 2000 and 2014 : An analysis of the Swedish Lymphoma Registry

Molin, Daniel ; Linderoth, Johan LU and Wahlin, Björn Engelbrekt (2017) In British Journal of Haematology 177(3). p.449-456
Abstract

Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) is an indolent CD20+ lymphoma. Its scarcity has made clinical trials difficult and there is no consensus on first-line treatment. We conducted a population-based study of all patients diagnosed with NLPHL in Sweden between 2000 and 2014 (N = 158; 41 women and 117 men), focusing on clinical features, therapy and overall survival. The median female and male age was 59 and 44 years, respectively (P = 0·002). In early-stage disease, there was little mortality and no survival differences between therapies. In patients with advanced-stage disease, mortality was relatively high in patients who did not receive first-line rituximab but absent in those who did (10-year survival,... (More)

Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma (NLPHL) is an indolent CD20+ lymphoma. Its scarcity has made clinical trials difficult and there is no consensus on first-line treatment. We conducted a population-based study of all patients diagnosed with NLPHL in Sweden between 2000 and 2014 (N = 158; 41 women and 117 men), focusing on clinical features, therapy and overall survival. The median female and male age was 59 and 44 years, respectively (P = 0·002). In early-stage disease, there was little mortality and no survival differences between therapies. In patients with advanced-stage disease, mortality was relatively high in patients who did not receive first-line rituximab but absent in those who did (10-year survival, 55% vs. 100%; P = 0·033); there were no imbalances of prognostic factors between those two groups. In advanced stages, first-line rituximab use increased markedly between 2000-2004 and 2005-2014 (7% vs. 67%; P < 0·00005), as did 10-year survival, 53% vs. 72% (multivariate P = 0·027). Although all patients were diagnosed in the 2000s, this is the longest-followed (and largest) population-based cohort. We report a hitherto unreported 15-year median age difference between sexes, increasing rituximab use and improved survival.

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Gender differences, Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma, Population-based analysis, Rituximab, Survival
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British Journal of Haematology
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449 - 456
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0007-1048
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10.1111/bjh.14567
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  author       = {{Molin, Daniel and Linderoth, Johan and Wahlin, Björn Engelbrekt}},
  issn         = {{0007-1048}},
  keywords     = {{Gender differences; Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma; Population-based analysis; Rituximab; Survival}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{02}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{449--456}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{British Journal of Haematology}},
  title        = {{Nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma in Sweden between 2000 and 2014 : An analysis of the Swedish Lymphoma Registry}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjh.14567}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/bjh.14567}},
  volume       = {{177}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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