Table 1 Demographic features, presentation, and outcome of patients with nodal PTCL, NOS with cytotoxic phenotype.

From: Nodal cytotoxic peripheral T-cell lymphoma occurs frequently in the clinical setting of immunodysregulation and is associated with recurrent epigenetic alterations

Features

n

%

Gender

54

 

    M

39

72%

    F

15

28%

Age (years)

54

 

    ≤60

28

52%

    >60

26

48%

Clinical stage

49

 

    I

3

6%

    II

1

2%

    III

7

14%

    IV

38

78%

Performance status

41

 

    0-1

27

66%

    2-4

14

34%

B symptoms

46

 

    yes

31

67%

    no

15

33%

LDH

41

 

    increased

32

78%

    normal

9

22%

IPI

40

 

    0-2

15

38%

    3

12

30%

    4-5

13

33%

PIT

37

 

    0-2

22

59%

    3-4

15

41%

Hemoglobin

35

 

    ≥10 g/dL

26

74%

    <10 g/dL

9

26%

Platelets

34

 

    ≥100 G/L

23

68%

    <100 G/L

11

32%

Extranodal site(s)

46

 

    ≥ 1 site(s)

40

87%

Medical history

51

 

    B-cell malignancy

10

20%

    Other neoplasms

3

6%

    Immune disorders

4

8%

    Not significant

34

67%

Treatment

48

 

    CHOP-like therapy

38

79%

    others

6

13%

    absence of treatment

4

8%

HSCT

48

 

    autologous

7

 

    allogeneic

8*

 

Outcome

50

 

    Alive

15

30%

       Complete Remission

9

18%

    Died

35

70%

       Lymphoma and/or infection and/or treatment-related toxicity

31

62%

2 yr OS

44%

 

5 yr OS

22%

 

median OS

12,7 months

  1. PTCL, NOS peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified, M male, F female, IPI International Prognostic Index, PIT Prognostic Index for T-cell lymphoma, CHOP cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone, HSCT haematopoietic stem cell transplantation, OS overall survival
  2. * includes 2 patients receiving tandem autologous and allogeneic HSCT, and 1 relapsing patient after autologous HSCT