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Predictors and Long-Term Outcomes for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Patients Undergoing Surgery Prior to Systemic Therapy: A Nationwide Analysis
Vusqa, Urwat Jayarishkan, Thejus T. Bakalov, Veli Chahine, Zena Wegner, Rodney Khan, Cyrus Fazal, Salman Samhouri, Yazan Malayala, Srikrishna V. Lister, John
Vusqa, Urwat
Jayarishkan, Thejus T.
Bakalov, Veli
Chahine, Zena
Wegner, Rodney
Khan, Cyrus
Fazal, Salman
Samhouri, Yazan
Malayala, Srikrishna V.
Lister, John
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2022-04-24
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24448
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Background: A minority of patients diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) undergo surgery before the initiation of systemic therapy. The aim of this study is to explore the characteristics of patients undergoing surgery prior to systemic therapy (surgfirst), the predictors for surgfirst, and the survival outcomes. Methods: The National Cancer Database was queried for patients with DLBCL diagnosed between 2006 and 2015, and we performed a subgroup analysis of patients that received surgfirst. Time-to-initial therapy (TTI) was defined as the time in days (d) from diagnosis to systemic therapy. Overall survival was measured from the day of diagnosis in terms of months (m). Results: Factors associated with lower likelihood of surgfirst were non-Hispanic Black race (p-value<0.005), rural location (p-value<0.005), treatment at academic center (p-value<0.005), Medicaid insurance (p-value=0.01), comorbidity score >=3 (p-value 0.007), year of diagnosis, advanced stages of disease, and presence of B-symptoms. The TTI of systemic therapy was delayed in the surgfirst group - 34 (IQR 22-52) days vs. 23 (IQR 13-38) days, p-value<0.005. The five-year overall survival was 62.7% (95% CI 62.1-63.2%) vs. 58.3% (95% CI 57.7-60.0%) - HR 0.87 (95% CI 0.85-0.89), p-value<0.005. The factors associated with higher mortality were advanced comorbidities, lower educational status, disease primarily located in the bone, brain, and spinal cord, advanced clinical stage, presence of B-symptoms, and advanced age. Conclusion: Despite the delay in systemic therapy, we could not identify a detrimental impact of surgfirst on survival. This needs to be confirmed in large-scale multicenter studies. We identified clinical and socioeconomic factors that affect treatment selection and survival.
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Vusqa U, Jayakrishnan T T, Bakalov V, et al. (April 24, 2022) Predictors and Long-Term Outcomes for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Patients Undergoing Surgery Prior to Systemic Therapy: A Nationwide Analysis. Cureus 14(4): e24448. doi:10.7759/cureus.24448
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