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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Conventional Treatments Cannot Improve Outcomes of Early-Stage Primary Breast Marginal Zone Lymphoma.

Hailing Liu, Jing Zhang, Lin Quan, Lei Cao, Yi Miao, Xiaoli Zhao, Haorui Shen, Li Wang, Wei Xu, Jianyong Li and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hailing LiuDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Lin QuanDepartment of Respiratory, Nanjing Chest Hospital, Chest Hospital District, Nanjing Brain hospital affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Lei CaoDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Yi MiaoDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Xiaoli ZhaoDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Haorui ShenDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Li WangDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Wei XuDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Jianyong LiDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Lei FanDepartment of Hematology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNJiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing Chest Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPrimary breast marginal zone lymphoma (PBMZL) is a rare occurrence and less is known about its characteristics, treatments, and outcomes.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 370 cases of early-stage PBMZL from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Statistical analyses were performed to describe clinical features, determine prognostic factors, and compare different therapeutic strategies.

resultsAt a median follow-up of 68.5 months, the 5-year overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) rate were 81.2 and 95.4%, respectively. We divided the cohort into four treatment groups and compared their characteristics and survival: radiotherapy (RT) ± surgery (Sx) (n = 142, 38.4%), Sx alone (n = 71, 19.2%), any chemotherapy (CT) (n = 63, 17.0%), and none of the above (n = 94, 25.4%). Age of onset and laterality of lesions tended to relate to the choice of different treatments. Multivariate Cox analysis showed that advanced age (>60 years), concomitant tumor, and any CT (

conclusionOur results show an indolent behavior of early-stage PBMZL with long-term survival. Conventional oncological treatments fail to bring survival benefits; especially CT is detrimental to survival, suggesting that observation may be advisable in the management of early-stage PBMZL, and further research on novel targeted agents is warranted for patients in need.

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disease-specific survivaloutcomesoverall survivalprimary breast marginal zone lymphomasurveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database, treatments

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PMID33928019
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