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Male gender is an adverse prognostic factor in B-cell lymphoma patients treated with immunochemotherapy

Riihijarvi, Sari ; Taskinen, Minna ; Jerkeman, Mats LU and Leppa, Sirpa (2011) In European Journal of Haematology 86(2). p.124-128
Abstract
Male gender is an adverse prognostic factor in Hodgkin's lymphoma, but no such association has yet been established in non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Here, we have evaluated whether gender has prognostic impact on the survival of patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the postrituximab era of lymphoma therapies. The study populations consisted of 217 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and 110 follicular lymphoma (FL) patients treated with immunochemotherapy. Hundred and sixty chemotherapy-treated DLBCL patients served as a control group. According to Kaplan-Meier analyses, female patients had a significantly better progression-free survival than men both in DLBCL (4 yr PFS 75% vs. 60%; P = 0.013) and in FL (4 yr PFS 68% vs. 52%, P =... (More)
Male gender is an adverse prognostic factor in Hodgkin's lymphoma, but no such association has yet been established in non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Here, we have evaluated whether gender has prognostic impact on the survival of patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the postrituximab era of lymphoma therapies. The study populations consisted of 217 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and 110 follicular lymphoma (FL) patients treated with immunochemotherapy. Hundred and sixty chemotherapy-treated DLBCL patients served as a control group. According to Kaplan-Meier analyses, female patients had a significantly better progression-free survival than men both in DLBCL (4 yr PFS 75% vs. 60%; P = 0.013) and in FL (4 yr PFS 68% vs. 52%, P = 0.036) patients treated with immunochemotherapy. In chemotherapy-treated DLBCL patients, no difference in survival between the genders was found. The results support the idea that women seem to respond better to rituximab. (Less)
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B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, prognostic factors, gender, immunochemotherapy
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European Journal of Haematology
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86
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2
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124 - 128
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1600-0609
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10.1111/j.1600-0609.2010.01541.x
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English
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  abstract     = {{Male gender is an adverse prognostic factor in Hodgkin's lymphoma, but no such association has yet been established in non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Here, we have evaluated whether gender has prognostic impact on the survival of patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the postrituximab era of lymphoma therapies. The study populations consisted of 217 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and 110 follicular lymphoma (FL) patients treated with immunochemotherapy. Hundred and sixty chemotherapy-treated DLBCL patients served as a control group. According to Kaplan-Meier analyses, female patients had a significantly better progression-free survival than men both in DLBCL (4 yr PFS 75% vs. 60%; P = 0.013) and in FL (4 yr PFS 68% vs. 52%, P = 0.036) patients treated with immunochemotherapy. In chemotherapy-treated DLBCL patients, no difference in survival between the genders was found. The results support the idea that women seem to respond better to rituximab.}},
  author       = {{Riihijarvi, Sari and Taskinen, Minna and Jerkeman, Mats and Leppa, Sirpa}},
  issn         = {{1600-0609}},
  keywords     = {{B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma; prognostic factors; gender; immunochemotherapy}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{124--128}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Haematology}},
  title        = {{Male gender is an adverse prognostic factor in B-cell lymphoma patients treated with immunochemotherapy}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0609.2010.01541.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1600-0609.2010.01541.x}},
  volume       = {{86}},
  year         = {{2011}},
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