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ArticleAnnals of hematology2023

Long term outcomes in older patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma: an analysis of the Texas Cancer Registry.

Ethan A Burns, Cesar Gentille Sanchez, Sunil Mathur, Carlo Guerrero, Ibrahim N Muhsen, Humaira Sarfraz, Chih-Chi Andrew Hu, Chih-Hang Anthony Tang, Shilpan S Shah, Ivo W Tremont and 3 more

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Article in Annals of hematology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Novel Therapies in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma.Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications · 2025
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  4. Conditional survival of elderly primary central nervous system lymphoma.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ethan A BurnsHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6445 Main Street, Outpatient Center, 24Th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8905-2039
Cesar Gentille SanchezHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6445 Main Street, Outpatient Center, 24Th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Sunil MathurHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6445 Main Street, Outpatient Center, 24Th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Carlo GuerreroHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6445 Main Street, Outpatient Center, 24Th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Ibrahim N MuhsenDepartment of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6565 Fannin St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Humaira SarfrazDepartment of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6565 Fannin St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Chih-Chi Andrew HuCenter for Translational Research in Hematologic Malignancies, Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6550 Fannin St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Chih-Hang Anthony TangCenter for Translational Research in Hematologic Malignancies, Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, 6550 Fannin St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Shilpan S ShahHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6445 Main Street, Outpatient Center, 24Th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Ivo W TremontDepartment of Neurosurgery and Neuro-Oncology, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6445 Main Street, Outpatient Center, 24Th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Bin TehDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6565 Fannin St., Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Siddhartha GangulyHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6445 Main Street, Outpatient Center, 24Th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Sai Ravi Kiran PingaliHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston Methodist Hospital, 6445 Main Street, Outpatient Center, 24Th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. SPingali@houstonmethodist.org.
Houston Methodist · USMethodist Hospital · USMethodist Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is an aggressive subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that carries a poor prognosis in the elderly. The aim of this study is to investigate treatment patterns and survival trends in patients ≥ 65 years with PCNSL through data provided by the Texas Cancer Registry. Adults ≥ 65 years diagnosed with PCNSL and followed between 1995-2017 were identified and separated into three eras: 1995-2003, 2004-2012, and 2013-2017. Baseline covariates compared included patient demographics and treatments administered. Pearson's chi-squared test and Cox proportional hazard models compared covariates; overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) were assessed via Kaplan-Meier methodology. There were 375 patients; 104 (27.7%) in 1995-2003, 146 (38.9%) in 2004-2012, and 125 (33.3%) in 2013-2017. There were 50 (48.1%), 55 (37.7%), and 31 (24.8%) in 1995-2003, 2004-2012, and 2013-2017, respectively, that did not receive treatment. At last follow up, 101 (97.1%), 130 (89.0%), and 94 (75.2%) in each era died, of which 89 (85.6%), 112 (76.7%), and 70 (56.0%) were attributed to PCNSL. Median OS per era was eight (95% confidence interval [CI] 5.06-10.93), six (95% CI, 2.30-9.69), and five months (95% CI, 2.26-7.73) (p = 0.638). DSS per era was nine (95% CI: 0.00, 26.53), 10 (95% CI: 5.14, 14.86), and 19 (95% CI, 0.00-45.49) (p = 0.931) months. Spinal cord as primary disease site (HR: 0.668 [95% CI, 0.45-0.99], p = 0.049), and chemotherapy (HR 0.532 [95% CI, 0.42-0.673], p =  < 0.001) or chemotherapy + radiation (HR, 0.233 [95% CI, 0.11-0.48] p < 0.001) had better outcomes compared to no therapy or radiation therapy alone. Survival in older patients ≥ 65 with PCNSL has not improved per our analysis of the TCR from 1995-2017 despite increasing trends of treatment utilization. Strategies to augment recruitment of older individuals in trials are needed in order to determine who would derive treatment benefit and minimize treatment toxicities.

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Central Nervous System NeoplasmsLymphoma, Non-HodgkinAdultAgedCentral Nervous SystemHumansRegistriesTexasChemotherapyGeriatricOlderPrimary Central Nervous System LymphomaRadiationSpinal CordSurvival

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