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ArticleLeukemia2025

Improved prognosis of advanced-stage extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: results of the NKEA-Next study.

Ayumi Fujimoto, Kana Miyazaki, Kimikazu Yakushijin, Takahiro Fujino, Wataru Munakata, Yasuo Ejima, Dai Maruyama, Nobuko Kubota, Takeshi Maeda, Jun Takizawa and 8 more

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Article in Leukemia, 2025. 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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18 authors.

Ayumi FujimotoDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5406-9300
Kana MiyazakiDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6547-3181
Kimikazu YakushijinDivision of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, Kobe University Hospital, Kobe, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2511-7857
Takahiro FujinoDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7817-093X
Wataru MunakataDepartment of Hematology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuo EjimaDepartment of Radiology, Dokkyo Medical University, Shimotsuga, Japan.
Dai MaruyamaDepartment of Hematology Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.
Nobuko KubotaDivision of Hematology, Saitama Cancer Center, Ina, Japan.
Takeshi MaedaDepartment of Hematology and Oncology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan.
Jun TakizawaDepartment of Hematology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
Nobuhiro HiramotoDepartment of Hematology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Masahiro TakeuchiDivision of Hematology-Oncology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.
Rika SakaiDepartment of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan.
Noriko FukuharaDepartment of Hematology, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2682-2179
Senzo TaguchiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-3932-8084
Naoko AsanoDepartment of Molecular Diagnostics, Nagano Prefectural Shinshu Medical Center, Suzaka, Japan.
Motoko YamaguchiDepartment of Hematological Malignancies, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Ritsuro SuzukiDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan. rsuzuki@med.shimane-u.ac.jp.ORCID 0000-0002-5974-7614

Funding

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 23K07833, 20K08731, 17K09924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A retrospective study of extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKL) patients diagnosed between 2014 and 2021 in Japan was conducted. Among 351 patients with sufficient data, 116 (33%) were in the advanced stage (5 in stage III and 111 in stage IV) at diagnosis, and were further analyzed. The median age was 60 years (range: 19-90), and 68 (59%) were male. Ninety-four (85%) of stage IV patients had two or more extranodal involvements. The most common first-line regimen was SMILE (steroid, methotrexate, ifosfamide, L-asparaginase, and etoposide; 52%). The 2-year overall survival (OS) for all patients was 38.5%, which was significantly improved after 2017 (25.2% for 2014-2017 vs. 50.7% for 2018-2021; P = 0.008). Patients treated with SMILE showed better OS than those treated with DeVIC or CHOP (2y-OS: 57.1%, 35.8%, and 0%, respectively; P < 0.001). The prognosis was significantly better in patients who received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) than in those who did not (2-year OS: 68.3% vs. 17.6%, P < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed SMILE and HSCT were significant factors for OS. In conclusion, the prognosis of advanced-stage ENKL has improved in recent years. The L-asparaginase-containing chemotherapy and subsequent HSCT is considered the recommended strategy.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsLymphoma, Extranodal NK-T-CellAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAsparaginaseEtoposideFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIfosfamideMaleMethotrexateMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPrognosisAsparaginaseEtoposideIfosfamideMethotrexate

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PMID39962328
PMCPMC11976271

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