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SynthesisCancer2018

Impact of the posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder subtype on survival.

Jean L Koff, Jing-Xia Li, Xinyan Zhang, Jeffrey M Switchenko, Christopher R Flowers, Edmund K Waller

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Synthesis in Cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Jean L KoffHematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0003-4414-0489
Jing-Xia LiHematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Xinyan ZhangBiostatistics and Bioinformatics, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jeffrey M SwitchenkoBiostatistics and Bioinformatics, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Christopher R FlowersHematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-9524-3990
Edmund K WallerHematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Emory University · US

Funding

Winship Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA138292 · NCI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Suresh S Ramalingam · 2009 to 2026
$47.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA138292
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPosttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a life-threatening complication of solid organ transplantation. Histologic heterogeneity and a lack of treatment standards have made evaluating clinical outcomes in specific patient populations difficult. This systematic literature review investigated the impact of the PTLD histologic subtype on survival in a large data set.

methodsCase series were identified on PubMed with the search terms post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder/disease, PTLD, and solid organ transplantation, with additional publications identified through reference lists. The patient characteristics, immunosuppressive regimen, treatment, survival, and follow-up time for 306 cases were extracted from 94 articles, and these cases were combined with 11 cases from Emory University Hospital. Patients with a recorded subtype were included in a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis (n = 234). Cox proportional hazards regression analyses identified predictors of overall survival (OS) for each subtype and B-cell subgroup.

resultsOS differed significantly between monomorphic T-cell neoplasms (median, 9 months) and polymorphic, monomorphic B-cell, and Hodgkin-type neoplasms, for which the median OS was not reached (P = .0001). Significant differences in OS among B subgroups were not detected, but there was a trend toward decreased survival for patients with Burkitt-type PTLD. Kidney transplantation and a reduction of immunosuppression were associated with increased OS for patients with B-cell neoplasms in a multivariate analysis. Immunosuppression with azathioprine was associated with decreased OS for patients with T-cell neoplasms, whereas radiotherapy was associated with improved OS for patients with that subtype.

conclusionsThe histologic subtype represents an important prognostic factor in PTLD, with patients with T-cell neoplasms exhibiting very poor OS. Possibly lower survival for certain subsets of patients with B-cell PTLD should be explored further and suggests the need for subtype-specific therapies to improve outcomes. Cancer 2018;124:2327-36. © 2018 American Cancer Society.

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Antineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalChemoradiotherapyGraft RejectionHumansImmunocompromised HostImmunosuppression TherapyImmunosuppressive AgentsIncidenceKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphoproliferative DisordersOrgan TransplantationPostoperative ComplicationsProgression-Free SurvivalRisk FactorsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalImmunosuppressive AgentsB-cell neoplasmsimmunosuppressionposttransplant lymphoproliferative disordersurvivalT-cell neoplasms

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PMID29579330
PMCPMC5992039
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