Surgery and Chemotherapy versus Chemotherapy Only in Older Persons with Primary Intestinal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Extranodal Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma of the Small Bowel in Female Patient Causing Intestinal Obstruction: A Case Report

“…However, only a few case reports are published [3,6,7,11]. According to gender distribution, the male to female ratio is 2:1 [12]. The diagnosis is challenging in the emergency setting and it is often established postoperatively [3].…”

“…Several studies have shown that the combination of surgery (first) followed by chemotherapy provides better survival benefit in patients with DLBCL [15,16]. According to Zhang, the combination of surgery and R-CHOP offers significantly better event-free survival, better response rate, lower relapse rate, and higher overall survival rate, but without statistical significance in older patients [12]. Hwang reports 5-year survival rate of 86.4% in cases treated with surgery plus CHOP or R-CHOP [17].…”

Association of log odds of positive lymph nodes with survival in patients with small cell lung cancer: Results from the SEER database

“… 8 The current N-staging has a poor ability to discriminate between patients for survival, and the number of positive LNs (pLNs) may be useful in the assessment of LN metastatic burden. 10 , 11 In addition, several pieces of evidence suggested that adequate lymph node testing is more conducive to the prognostic assessment. 12 , 13 Therefore, previous studies have constructed some indicators to evaluate the LN status of lung cancer, such as positive LN Ratio (LNR), pLNs, and the Log Odds of positive LNs (LODDS).…”