Clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes of patients with central nervous system involvement in extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma

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2019-07-01
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Extranodal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL) is a rare type of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma which rarely metastasizes to the central nervous system (CNS). Ten of 60 patients (16.7%) with ENKTCL followed at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) were diagnosed with CNS involvement between 1995 and 2016. Eight patients had systemic disease at the time of CNS diagnosis; one patient never developed systemic disease and another was in remission at the time of CNS relapse. Median overall survival was 3.8 months; at time of this report 9 patients have died and one who underwent autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) is alive 27 months after CNS diagnosis. Five patients achieved a complete response in the CNS; one is still alive, one died of systemic disease, and three died of infection. CNS ENKTCL portends a grim prognosis, with no standard treatment. Prospective study on ASCT and immunotherapy in CNS ENKTCL is warranted.

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Nevel, K. S., Pentsova, E., & Daras, M. (2019). Clinical presentation, treatment, and outcomes of patients with central nervous system involvement in extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 60(7), 1677–1684. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2018.1551541
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Leukemia & Lymphoma
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