Table 1 Patient’s clinical characteristics (N = 146).

From: Prognostic significance of interim PET/CT response for the treatment of advanced-stage marginal zone lymphoma in the post-rituximab era

Variables

No. of patients

%

Median age, years (range)

59.5 (28.0–84.0)

 

Sex

  

 Male

85

58.2

 Female

61

41.8

Histologic subtypes

  

 Nodal MZL

18

12.3

 MALT lymphoma

125

85.6

 Splenic MZL

3

2.1

ECOG PS

  

 0–1

131

89.7

 ≥ 2

15

10.3

Ann Arbor stage

  

 II

25

17.1

 III–IV

121

82.9

Increased LDH

34

23.3

Bone marrow involvement

51

34.9

Extranodal site involvement

128

87.7

Extranodal site > 1

51

34.9

Extranodal site

  

 Ocular

26

17.8

 Lung

30

20.5

 GI tract

38

26.0

 Spleen

17

11.6

 Bone

3

2.1

IPI risk group

  

 Low (0–1)

43

29.5

 Low-intermediate (2)

51

34.9

 High-intermediate (3)

36

24.7

 High (4–5)

16

11.0

MALT-IPI

  

 Low (0)

21

14.4

 Intermediate (1)

85

58.2

 High (2–3)

39

26.7

First-line treatment

  

 R-CVP

132

90.4

 R-CHOP

9

6.2

 R-B

5

3.4

  1. No. number, ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, GI gastrointestinal, IPI International Prognostic Index, MALT mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.