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ArticleSaudi journal of medicine & medical sciences

Survival and Outcome of Patients with Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma According to the Central Nervous System-International Prognostic Index.

Musa Fares Alzahrani, Thamer Basahih, Ghazi Alotaibi, Sarah Sewaralthahab, Fatimah Alshalati, Ibrahim Alrumaih, Kazi Nur Asfina, Ahmed Gamal, Farjah Algahtani, Aamer Aleem

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Musa Fares AlzahraniDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Thamer BasahihOncology Center, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ghazi AlotaibiDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sarah SewaralthahabDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fatimah AlshalatiOncology Center, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ibrahim AlrumaihOncology Center, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Kazi Nur AsfinaCollege of Medicine and Research Center, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed GamalOncology Center, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Farjah AlgahtaniDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Aamer AleemDepartment of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Several prognostic scores exist in DLBCL, including the International Prognostic Index (IPI). More recently, a modification of the IPI that estimates the risk of progression to the central nervous system (CNS-IPI) was published. Whether the CNS-IPI index is sufficient to prognosticate DLBCL survival is yet untested. Objectives: We aim to describe the outcomes of DLBCL patients based on CNS-IPI risk groups. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all DLBCL cases diagnosed from January 2015 until April 2022 at an academic tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. CNS-IPI was calculated at the time of diagnosis. The outcomes were compared between two CNS-IPI risk categories: low and intermediate/high-risk groups. Logrank method was used to calculate Results: A total of 136 patients were included (median age: 56.5 years), of which 38 (28%) died: 5 in the low-risk group and 33 in the intermediate/high-risk group. Low-risk and intermediate/high-risk CNS-IPI were found in 41 (30%) and 95 (70%) patients, respectively. The median survival in the low-risk and intermediate/high-risk CNS-IPI groups was 66 months [95% CI: 60-not-reached (NR)] and NR (95% CI: 24-NR) ( Conclusion: The risk of progression to the central nervous system was moderate in our diffuse large B-cell lymphoma population. Patients with intermediate/high-risk CNS-IPI had worse survival compared with low-risk patients. The CNS-IPI was found to a good model to not only estimate the risk of disease progression to the central nervous system but also overall survival.

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CNS-IPIdiffuse large B-cellDLBCLInternational Prognostic Indexlymphoma

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PMCPMC12366903

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