TABLE 3.
Response to treatment according to different R-IPI categories
| All patients | Very good prognosis IPI=0 | Good prognosis IPI=1,2 | Bad prognosis IPI=3–5 | |||||
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| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| CR | 226 | 76,6 | 29 | 85,3 | 108 | 83,7 | 89 | 67,4 |
| CRu | 4 | 1,4 | 0 | 0,0 | 1 | 0,8 | 3 | 2,3 |
| PR | 36 | 12,2 | 5 | 14,7 | 9 | 7,0 | 22 | 16,7 |
| SD | 2 | 0,7 | 0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0,0 | 2 | 1,5 |
| PD | 13 | 4,4 | 0 | 0,0 | 5 | 3,9 | 8 | 6,1 |
| Unclassifed | 14 | 4,7 | 0 | 0,0 | 6 | 4,6 | 8 | 6,1 |
| Total | 295 | 100,0 | 34 | 100,0 | 129 | 100,0 | 132 | 100,0 |
CR = complete response; CRu= complete response unconfirmed; PR = partial response; SD = stable disease; PD = progressive disease; unclassified = unclassified response to treatment; R-IPI = revised international prognostic index; IPI = international prognostic index; N = number of patients