Table 1 Patient characteristics (N=18)
Age (years) | |
Median | 52.3 |
Range | 31–77 |
Sex | |
Male | N=8 |
Female | N=10 |
Lymphoma histology | |
Follicular | N=10 |
Small lymphocytic | N=1 |
Malt | N=1 |
Transformed | N=6 |
Stage at study entry | |
II | N=3 |
III | N=4 |
IV | N=11 |
Bulky tumour (largest diameter⩾5 cm) | N=14 |
Bone marrow involvement | N=7 |
Disease evolution from diagnosis to study entry (months) | |
Median | 31.2 |
Mean | 45.1 |
Range | 8–121 |
Prior chemo-rituximab therapies | |
Mean | 3.0 |
Range | 1–6 |
Previous RT | N=4 |
Previous rituximab | N=10 |
Elevated LDH | N=7 |
Reduced platelet counts | N=4 |