Retrospective characterization of nodal marginal zone lymphoma Journal Article


Authors: Stuver, R.; Drill, E.; Qualls, D.; Okwali, M.; Batlevi, C. L.; Caron, P. C.; Dogan, A.; Epstein-Peterson, Z. D.; Falchi, L.; Hamlin, P. A.; Horwitz, S. M.; Imber, B. S.; Intlekofer, A. M.; Johnson, W. T.; Khan, N.; Kumar, A.; Lahoud, O. B.; Lue, J. K.; Matasar, M. J.; Moskowitz, A. J.; Noy, A.; Owens, C. N.; Lia Palomba, M.; Schöder, H.; Vardhana, S. A.; Yahalom, J.; Zelenetz, A. D.; Salles, G.; Straus, D. J.
Article Title: Retrospective characterization of nodal marginal zone lymphoma
Abstract: Nodal marginal zone lymphoma (NMZL) is a rare non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma that has historically been difficult to define, though is now formally recognized by the World Health Organization Classification. To better characterize the clinical outcomes of patients with NMZL, we reviewed a sequential cohort of 187 patients with NMZL to describe baseline characteristics, survival outcomes, and time-To-event data. Initial management strategies were classified into five categories: observation, radiation, anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy, chemoimmunotherapy, or other. Baseline Follicular Lymphoma International Prognostic Index scores were calculated to evaluate prognosis. A total of 187 patients were analyzed. The five-year overall survival was 91% (95% confidence interval [CI], 87-95), with a median follow-up time of 71 months (range, 8-253) among survivors. A total of 139 patients received active treatment at any point, with a median follow-up time of 56 months (range, 13-253) among survivors who were never treated. The probability of remaining untreated at five years was 25% (95% CI, 19-33). For those initially observed, the median time to active treatment was 72 months (95% CI, 49-not reached). For those who received at least one active treatment, the cumulative incidence of receiving a second active treatment at 60 months was 37%. Transformation to large B-cell lymphoma was rare, with a cumulative incidence of 15% at 10 years. In summary, our series is a large cohort of uniformly diagnosed NMZL with detailed analyses of survival and time to event analyses. We showed that NMZL commonly presents as an indolent lymphoma for which initial observation is often a reasonable strategy. © 2023 by The American Society of Hematology.
Journal Title: Blood Advances
Volume: 7
Issue: 17
ISSN: 2473-9529
Publisher: American Society of Hematology  
Date Published: 2023-09-12
Start Page: 4838
End Page: 4847
Language: English
DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009587
PUBMED: 37307213
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC10469082
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Notes: The MSK Cancer Center Support Grant (P30 CA008748) is acknowledged in the PDF -- Corresponding author is MSK author: Robert Stuver -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Joachim Yahalom
    633 Yahalom
  2. Ariela Noy
    368 Noy
  3. Maria Lia Palomba
    440 Palomba
  4. Steven M Horwitz
    663 Horwitz
  5. Heiko Schoder
    550 Schoder
  6. Andrew D Zelenetz
    781 Zelenetz
  7. Alison Moskowitz
    355 Moskowitz
  8. Paul Hamlin
    291 Hamlin
  9. Matthew J Matasar
    292 Matasar
  10. Philip C Caron
    100 Caron
  11. David J Straus
    360 Straus
  12. Anita Kumar
    195 Kumar
  13. Connie Wing-Ching Lee Batlevi
    177 Batlevi
  14. Esther Naomi Drill
    96 Drill
  15. Ahmet Dogan
    468 Dogan
  16. Colette Ngozi Owens
    78 Owens
  17. Oscar Boutros Lahoud
    134 Lahoud
  18. Santosha Adipudi Vardhana
    112 Vardhana
  19. Niloufer Khan
    48 Khan
  20. Lorenzo Falchi
    130 Falchi
  21. Gilles Andre Salles
    299 Salles
  22. Michelle Okwali
    22 Okwali
  23. David Augustus Qualls
    21 Qualls
  24. William Thomas Johnson
    54 Johnson
  25. Robert Nicolais Stuver
    72 Stuver
  26. Jennifer Kimberly Lue
    49 Lue