Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of 34 Patients with Mantle Cell Lymphoma: A Retrospective Analysis / 中国实验血液学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of 34 patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Clinical records of 34 MCL patients admitted from October 2007 to February 2015 in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively, the influcence of clinical characteristics, therapeutic protocol and biological indicators on overall survival (OS) was investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The median age of the patients at diagnosis was 58.4 years, with a significant male predominance (3.25: 1), 58.8% of patients had bone marrow involvement, 29.4% had alimentary tract involement, and 79.4% were in Ann Arbor stage III-IV. The expected 3 and 5-year overall survival (OS) rates of all the 34 patients were 63.6% and 55.6% respectively. Rituximab in combination with chemotherapy was not significantly superior to chemotherapy alone in terms of OS in this study (68.4 months vs. 51.8 months, P = 0.979). In univariate analysis, absolute monocyte count (AMC) >0.375 × 10(9)/L and increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) level at diagnosis were associated with poor OS (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Most patients were diagnosed at advanced stage. Rituximab plus chemotherapy can prolong OS time, but no statistically significant difference is observed, which maybe due to the fewer patients in this retrospective study. The high level of AMC and LDH at diagnosis are poor prognostic factors.</p>