Primary radiotherapy showed favorable outcome in treating extranodal nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma in children and adolescents

Blood. 2009 Nov 26;114(23):4771-6. doi: 10.1182/blood-2009-07-235853. Epub 2009 Oct 7.

Abstract

Extranodal nasal-type natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is rarely observed in children and adolescents. We aim to investigate the clinical features, prognosis, and treatment outcomes in these patients. Thirty-seven patients were reviewed. There were 19, 14, 2, and 2 patients with stage I, stage II, stage III, and stage IV diseases, respectively. Among the patients with stage I and II disease, 19 patients received initial radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy, and 14 patients received chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy. The 4 patients with stage III and IV disease received primary chemotherapy and radiation of the primary tumor. Children and adolescents with extranodal nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma usually presented with early-stage disease, high frequency of B symptoms, good performance, low-risk age-adjusted international prognostic index, and chemoresistance. The complete response rate after initial radiotherapy was 73.7%, which was significantly higher than the response rate after initial chemotherapy (16.7%; P = .002). The 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates for all the patients were 77.0% and 68.5%, respectively. The corresponding OS and PFS rates for patients with stage I and II disease were 77.6% and 72.3%, respectively. Children and adolescents with early-stage extranodal nasal-type NK/T-cell lymphoma treated with primary radiotherapy had a favorable prognosis.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • China
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Doxorubicin / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell / pathology
  • Lymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-Cell / radiotherapy*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Nose Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Nose Neoplasms / pathology
  • Nose Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Pharyngeal Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Prednisone / administration & dosage
  • Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated
  • Remission Induction
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Vincristine
  • Doxorubicin
  • Cyclophosphamide
  • Prednisone

Supplementary concepts

  • CHOP protocol