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. 2017 Mar 1;19(3):414-421.
doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now178.

Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma: a population-based study

Wuyang Yang  1 , Tomas Garzon-Muvdi  1 , Maria Braileanu  2 , Jose L Porras  1 , Justin M Caplan  1 , Xiaoming Rong  3 , Judy Huang  1 , George I Jallo  1
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Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma: a population-based study

Wuyang Yang et al. Neuro Oncol. .

Abstract

Background: Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma (PISCL) is a rare diagnosis with poorly understood disease progression. Clarification of the factors associated with survival in PISCL patients is warranted.

Methods: We conducted a population-based cohort study utilizing prospectively collected data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Patients with histological diagnosis of primary lymphoma in spinal cord (C72.0) from 1973 to 2012 in the SEER database were included. Multivariable survival analysis between patient, lesion characteristics, and PISCL-related death was performed to adjust for confounding factors.

Results: We included 346 PISCL patients in our study. Average age was 56.5 ± 17.8 years, with 62.7% being male. Racial distribution of these patients was white (87.6%), black (8.0%), and other (4.3%). More than half (55.8%) of patients were married. The most prevalent histology of PISCL was diffuse B-cell (46.2%), and the majority (55.2%) were low stage (Ann Arbor stage I/II). Most patients (67.9%) received radiation therapy. Average survival interval of patients with PISCL-related death (n=135, 39.0%) was 27.8 months. General cumulative survival probability at 1 year, 2 years, and 5 years was 73.8%, 67.9%, and 63.1%, respectively. Multivariable accelerated failure time (AFT) regression showed follicular lymphoma (HR:0.25, P=.008) and more recent diagnosis (HR:0.96, P<.001) was positively associated with PISCL-related survival. Conversely, nonwhite race (HR:1.69, P=.046), older age (HR:1.02, P<.001), unmarried status (HR:2.14, P<.001), and higher stage (HR:1.54, P=.022) were negatively associated with survival.

Conclusions: Age, race, marital status, tumor histology, tumor stage, and year of diagnosis were associated with survival of PISCL. While most PISCL-related deaths occur within a 1-year period, subsequent slow progression was observed after the first year of survival.

Keywords: intramedullary; lymphoma; spinal cord.

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Fig. 1
Flow diagram of study cohort selection. A flow diagram of patient selection for the study cohort
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Survival analysis by risk factors. 2A: Survival curve of marital status and patient survival in years; 2B: Comparison of survival curve between patients 60 years and patients under 60 years; 2C: Survival curve of higher stage versus lower stage; 2D: Survival curve by lymphoma histologic type.
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Fig. 3
Survival Analysis by decades. Survival of patients stratified by decades
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