Pediatric Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Malignancies : From Extramedullary to Medullary Involvement

B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (BCP-LBL) and B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL) are the malignant counterparts of immature B-cells. BCP-ALL is the most common hematological malignancy in childhood, while BCP-LBL accounts for only 1% of all hematological malignancies in children. Therefore, BCP-ALL has been well studied and treatment protocols have changed over the last decades, whereas treatment for BCP-LBL has stayed roughly the same. Clinical characteristics of 364 pediatric patients with precursor B-cell malignancies were studied, consisting of BCP-LBL (n = 210) and BCP-ALL (n = 154) patients. Our results indicate that based on the clinical presentation of disease, B-cell malignancies probably represent a spectrum ranging from complete isolated medullary disease to apparent complete extramedullary disease. Hepatosplenomegaly and peripheral blood involvement are the most important discriminators, as both seen in 80% and 95% of the BCP-ALL patients and in 2% of the BCP-LBL patients, respectively. In addition, we show that the overall survival rates in this cohort differ significantly between BCP-LBL and BCP-ALL patients aged 1−18 years (p = 0.0080), and that the outcome for infants (0−1 years) with BCP-LBL is significantly decreased compared to BCP-LBL patients of all other pediatric ages (p < 0.0001).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Cancers - 14(2022), 16 vom: 12. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kroeze, Emma [VerfasserIn]
Arias Padilla, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Bakker, Max [VerfasserIn]
Boer, Judith M [VerfasserIn]
Hagleitner, Melanie M [VerfasserIn]
Burkhardt, Birgit [VerfasserIn]
Mori, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Attarbaschi, Andishe [VerfasserIn]
Verdú-Amorós, Jaime [VerfasserIn]
Pillon, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Anderzhanova, Liliya [VerfasserIn]
Kabíčková, Edita [VerfasserIn]
Chiang, Alan K S [VerfasserIn]
Kebudi, Rejin [VerfasserIn]
Mellgren, Karin [VerfasserIn]
Lazic, Jelena [VerfasserIn]
Jazbec, Janez [VerfasserIn]
Meijerink, Jules P P [VerfasserIn]
Beishuizen, Auke [VerfasserIn]
Loeffen, Jan L C [VerfasserIn]
  European Intergroup for Childhood Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (EICNHL) and the International Berlin–Frankfurt–Münster (i-BFM) Study [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma
BCP-ALL
BCP-LBL
Disease spectrum
Journal Article
NHL
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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Date Revised 08.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cancers14163895

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM345292839