TABLE 1.
Clinicopathologic Findings Among B-MCL, P-MCL, and Hybrid MCL
Blastoid | Pleomorphic | Hybrid | P (blastoid vs. pleomorphic) | P (blastoid vs. hybrid) | P (pleomorphic vs. hybrid) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical features | ||||||
Patients | 32 | 53 | 17 | NA | NA | |
Sex | 0.435 | 0.217 | 0.463 | |||
Male | 65.6 | 73.6 | 82.4 | |||
Female | 34.4 | 26.4 | 17.6 | |||
Age (median) (y) | 59.5 | 62 | 62 | 0.55 | 0.614 | 0.666 |
Stage | 0.657 | 0.662 | 0.93 | |||
Limited (I/II) | 3.5 | 5.7 | 6.3 | |||
Advanced (III/IV) | 96.5 | 94.3 | 93.7 | |||
Treatment response | 0.035 | 0.609 | 0.011 | |||
CR/PR | 76 | 93.5 | 68.7 | |||
Refractory | 24 | 6.5 | 31.3 | |||
Relapse rate (%) | 45.8 | 40 | 50 | 0.64 | 0.796 | 0.487 |
Pathologic features | ||||||
Mitotic figures/10 HPF | 52.5 | 42 | 63 | 0.532 | 0.066 | 0.011 |
Starry-sky appearance (%) | 50 | 32.7 | 52.9 | 0.115 | 0.845 | 0.135 |
Nucleolus (%) | 17.2 | 13.3 | 20 | 0.645 | 0.845 | 0.589 |
Ki-67 proliferation rate (%) | 60 | 40 | 70 | 0.003 | 0.922 | 0.013 |
p53 overexpression (%) | 38.5 | 34.4 | 37.5 | 0.795 | 0.965 | 0.868 |
SOX11 expression (%) | 100 | 100 | 90 | NA | 0.305 | 0.09 |
CD5 expression (%) | 93.8 | 98.1 | 94.1 | 0.299 | 0.959 | 0.398 |
CD10 expression (%) | 0 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 0.12 | 0.187 | 0.786 |
BCL6 expression (%) | 25 | 14.3 | 60 | 0.495 | 0.207 | 0.029 |
EZH2 high (%) | 56.3 | 61.5 | 88 | 0.735 | 0.126 | 0.17 |
Complex karyotype (%) | 66.6 | 100 | NA | 0.212 | NA | NA |
Bold values are statistically significant p<0.05.
EZH2 high indicates ≥40% of lymphoma cells express EZH2; NA, not available.