TY - JOUR
T1 - Survival Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome
T2 - Validation of the Revised International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas/European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Staging Proposal
AU - Agar, Nita Sally
AU - Wedgeworth, Emma
AU - Crichton, Siobhan
AU - Mitchell, Tracey J.
AU - Cox, Michael
AU - Ferreira, Silvia
AU - Robson, Alistair
AU - Calonje, Eduardo
AU - Stefanato, Catherine M.
AU - Wain, Elizabeth Mary
AU - Wilkins, Bridget
AU - Fields, Paul
AU - Dean, Alan
AU - Webb, Katherine
AU - Scarisbrick, Julia
AU - Morris, Stephen
AU - Whittaker, Sean J.
PY - 2010/11/1
Y1 - 2010/11/1
N2 - Purpose: We have analyzed the outcome of mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sezary syndrome (SS) patients using the recent International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas (ISCL)/European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) revised staging proposal. Patients and Methods: Overall survival (OS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and risk of disease progression (RDP) were calculated for a cohort of 1,502 patients using univariate and multivariate models. Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 54 years, and 71% of patients presented with early-stage disease. Disease progression occurred in 34%, and 26% of patients died due to MF/SS. A significant difference in survival and progression was noted for patients with early-stage disease having patches alone (T1a/T2a) compared with those having patches and plaques (T1b/T2b). Univariate analysis established that (1) advanced skin and overall clinical stage, increased age, male sex, increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and large-cell transformation were associated with reduced survival and increased RDP; (2) hypopigmented MF, MF with lymphomatoid papulosis, and poikilodermatous MF were associated with improved survival and reduced RDP; and (3) folliculotropic MF was associated with an increased RDP. Multivariate analysis established that (1) advanced skin (T) stage, the presence in peripheral blood of the tumor clone without Sezary cells (B0b), increased LDH, and folliculotropic MF were independent predictors of poor survival and increased RDP; (2) large-cell transformation and tumor distribution were independent predictors of increased RDP only; and (3) N, M, and B stages; age; male sex; and poikilodermatous MF were only significant for survival. Conclusion: This study has validated the recently proposed ISCL/EORTC staging system and identified new prognostic factors.
AB - Purpose: We have analyzed the outcome of mycosis fungoides (MF) and Sezary syndrome (SS) patients using the recent International Society for Cutaneous Lymphomas (ISCL)/European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) revised staging proposal. Patients and Methods: Overall survival (OS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and risk of disease progression (RDP) were calculated for a cohort of 1,502 patients using univariate and multivariate models. Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 54 years, and 71% of patients presented with early-stage disease. Disease progression occurred in 34%, and 26% of patients died due to MF/SS. A significant difference in survival and progression was noted for patients with early-stage disease having patches alone (T1a/T2a) compared with those having patches and plaques (T1b/T2b). Univariate analysis established that (1) advanced skin and overall clinical stage, increased age, male sex, increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and large-cell transformation were associated with reduced survival and increased RDP; (2) hypopigmented MF, MF with lymphomatoid papulosis, and poikilodermatous MF were associated with improved survival and reduced RDP; and (3) folliculotropic MF was associated with an increased RDP. Multivariate analysis established that (1) advanced skin (T) stage, the presence in peripheral blood of the tumor clone without Sezary cells (B0b), increased LDH, and folliculotropic MF were independent predictors of poor survival and increased RDP; (2) large-cell transformation and tumor distribution were independent predictors of increased RDP only; and (3) N, M, and B stages; age; male sex; and poikilodermatous MF were only significant for survival. Conclusion: This study has validated the recently proposed ISCL/EORTC staging system and identified new prognostic factors.
U2 - 10.1200/JCO.2009.27.7665
DO - 10.1200/JCO.2009.27.7665
M3 - Article
SN - 1527-7755
VL - 28
SP - 4730
EP - 4739
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 31
ER -