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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Hematol Malig Rep. 2016 Dec;11(6):514–527. doi: 10.1007/s11899-016-0355-9

Table 2.

Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes in ENKTL cohorts from North America, Europe, and Asia

Lee et al.
(N=262)
MDACC
(N=73)
MSKCC
(N=43)
Canada
(N=34)
Italian
(N=26)
France 1
(N=13)
OSU 2
(N=7)

Med Age (range) 79% ≥ 59 46 (18–88) 53 (24–81) 53 (23–89) 51 (20–80) 62 (15–86) 48 (32–74)

Race (%)
  White 43 (59) 32 (74) 16 (47) 26 (100) 4 (31) 5 (71)
  Hispanic 18 (24) 1 (3)
  Asian 262 (100) 6 8 (11) 10 (23) 16 (47) 5 (38)
  Black/Other 4 (6) 1 (3) 4 (38) 2 (29)

Gender (M:F) 13:07 49:24:00 24:19:00 2:01 19:07 9:04 2:05

Type (%)
  Nasal 222 (85) 63 (86) 28 (65) 34 (100) 23 (88) 13 (100) 5 (71)
  Extranasal 40 (15) 10 (14) 15 (35) 3 (12) 2 (29)

Stage (%)
  I/II 200 (76) 44 (65) 26 (61) 28 (82) 18 (69) 13 (100) 5 (71)
  III/IV 62 (24) 24 (35) 17 (39) 6 (18) 8 (31) 2 (29)

Treatment (%)
  CT 119 (46) 14 (22) 14 9 (34) 13 (100) 5 (71)
  Local Tx 18 (7) 8 (13) 2 RT 2 1 (4) 3
  CT+Local Tx 120 (46) 42 (66) 24 32 16 (62) 4 2 (29)

Outcomes 5 yr PFS 60% 5 Med PFS 3yrs 2 yr PFS 40% 2 yr PFS 18% Med PFS 14 mos 5 2 yr PFS 72% 83% CR
5 yr OS 50% Med OS 4.2yrs 2 yr OS 60% 2 yr OS 39% Med OS 9 mos 2 yr OS 90% (5 CR, 1 PD, 1 unk)

Med=Median; MDACC=MD Anderson Cancer Center; MSKCC=Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; OSU=Ohio State University; unk=unknown; CT=chemotherapy; Local Tx=local treatment with either RT or Sx; Sx=surgery; RT=radiation; PFS=progression free survival; OS=overall survival; yr=year; mos=months;

1

All treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy with ESHAP;

2

Two treated with asparginase alone, remaining patients treated with mSMILE;

3

One treated with Sx alone.

4

Of the 16 treated with CT+ local Tx, 14 treated with RT alone & 2 treated with RT + Sx;

5

PFS calculated for responders only;

6

All patients accrued from tertiary hospitals in Korea. Race/ethnicity not reported in manuscript.