Impact of Epstein-Barr Virus on Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Not Otherwise Specified and Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma

Copyright © 2022 Kim, Min, Jeon, Park, Park, Shin, Yahng, Yoon, Lee, Cho, Eom, Kim, Lee, Kim, Min, Lee and Cho..

PURPOSE: The significance of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections for the prognosis of patients with peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs), specifically angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) and PTCL not otherwise specified (PTCL-NOS), remains unclear. The Epstein-Barr encoding region can be used to detect EBV in tissue sections by in situ hybridization (ISH) and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays of peripheral blood samples from patients with PTCLs. This study compared the outcomes patients with AITL or PTCL-NOS for whom the presence of EBV infection was assessed by these two methods.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective study of patients newly diagnosed with AITL or PTCL-NOS. All patients were selected from a single transplantation center. EBV-positive lymphomas were detected at the time of diagnosis in tissue sections by ISH or in the blood by PCR.

RESULTS: Out of a cohort of 140 patients with histologically confirmed AITL or PTCL-NOS, 105 were EBV-positive. The 3-year overall survival of patients with EBV-positive TCL was 43.3% compared to 68.6% in patients with EBV-negative TCL (p = .01). Patients who were treated with autologous or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (n = 28 and n = 11, respectively) or chemotherapy alone (n = 66) had 3-year survival rates of 67.0%, 62.3%, and 30.2%, respectively (p <.02). Patients with EBV-positive TCL had a better prognosis after treatment with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation compared to chemotherapy alone, but no difference was seen among patients with EBV-negative TCL.

CONCLUSIONS: EBV infection was shown to negatively affect the clinical outcomes of patients with TCL. Stem cell transplantation has been found to be an effective treatment for EBV-associated lymphomas. Further investigations are warranted to determine the optimal treatment for these patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in oncology - 11(2021) vom: 17., Seite 797028

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kim, Tong-Yoon [VerfasserIn]
Min, Gi-June [VerfasserIn]
Jeon, Young-Woo [VerfasserIn]
Park, Sung-Soo [VerfasserIn]
Park, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Seung-Hawn [VerfasserIn]
Yahng, Seung-Ah [VerfasserIn]
Yoon, Jae-Ho [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sung-Eun [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Byung-Sik [VerfasserIn]
Eom, Ki-Seong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Yoo-Jin [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Seok [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Hee-Je [VerfasserIn]
Min, Chang-Ki [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Jong-Wook [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Seok-Goo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
Epstein-Barr virus
Journal Article
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma
T-cell lymphoma
Transplantation

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Date Revised 30.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fonc.2021.797028

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NLM336221010