Trends in survival of patients with stage I/II Burkitt lymphoma in the United States: A SEER database analysis.

ABSTRACT: The treatment strategy for management of Burkitt lymphoma (BL) has evolved during the past decades and the clinical outcome for this disease as a whole has also improved. Due to limited information reported on survival trends of patients with stage I/II (limited-stage) BL, here we used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database to conduct our study. The time period was divided into two eras (1983-2001 and 2002-2014) as the recent era reflected more intensive chemotherapy regimens, the availability of rituximab, the widespread use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and improvements in supportive care. Patients with limited-stage BL had a significantly better 5-year overall survival (OS) in the 2002-2014 era in both univariate analysis and multivariate analysis, compared wi

SUBMITTER: Liu ZL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6434224 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature