Validation of the mantle cell lymphoma international prognostic index: A single-center retrospective analysis

✍ Scribed by Stephen D. Smith; Eric Hsi; Brian Bolwell; Brad Pohlman; Robert Dean; Meagan Effinger; Amanda Maggiotto; John Sweetenham

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 317 KB
• Volume: 85
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0361-8609
• DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21705

✦ Synopsis

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a unique, recently recognized entity with a variable clinical course [1]. Its historical grouping as an indolent lymphoma belies its common behavior, which is generally aggressive and incurable, with a median survival of about 5 years with modern therapy [2]. In an effort to improve outcomes in MCL, intensified therapies, including the rituximab plus HyperCVAD regimen [3] and incorporation of hematopoetic progenitor cell transplantation (HPCT) [4-6], have been used. However, although capable of inducing remissions in most patients, there is little proof that intensive first-line therapy prolongs overall survival (OS), and a continual relapse pattern is commonly observed [4,7-10].