Table 1 Patient characteristics at the diagnosis.

From: High efficacy of intensive immunochemotherapy for primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma with prolonged follow up

Variable

N = 124 (%)

Median age (range)

30 (18–59)

Female

75 (60)

ECOG performance status ≥ 2

82 (66)

ECOG performance status ≥ 3

21 (17)

CS I + II

77 (62)

CS III

10 (8)

CS IV

37 (30)

Extranodal involvement

42 (34)

Lungs

27 (22)

Chest wall

7 (5.6)

Kidney

3 (2.4)

Ovary

3 (2.4)

Bone marrow

2 (1.6)

Central nervous system

1(0,8)

Pleural effusion

42 (34)

Pericardial effusion

36 (29)

Superior vena cava syndrome

52 (42)

Extranodal sites > 1

4 (3)

LDH > ULN

107 (86)

LDH > 3 × ULN

33(27)

IPI score 1

34 (27)

IPI score 2

60 (48)

IPI score 3

26 (22)

IPI score 4

4 (3)

Bulky tumor > 10 mm Max diameter (range) in mm

103 (83)117 (50–300)

  1. LDH dehydrogenase lactate, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, IPI international prognostic index, ULN upper limit of normal.