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. 2022 Jan 17;14(2):446. doi: 10.3390/cancers14020446

Table 2.

Second-line treatment in non-responders to eradication therapy in gastric MALT lymphoma.

n Stage HP (−) Non-CR,
n (%)
2nd-Tx 2nd-Tx * Ref.
WW RT Other Tx
n CR
Rate
n CR
Rate
n CR
Rate
n CR Rate
105 I, II1 13% 24 (24%) 10 NE 14 (CTx ± IM 12, CTx + S 1, S 1) 27% [27]
60 I, II1 12% 10 (17%) 1 0% (SD 1) 7 100% 2 (RT + CTx 1, ER 1) 100% [26]
420 I–IV 10% 97 (23%) 15 0% (NC 15) 82 94% [7]
66 I, II1 20% 16 (29%) 2 50% 9 89% 1 (CTx) 0% [24]
345 I–IV 8% 61 (18%) 42 NE 17 88% 1 (CTx) 100% [8]
339 I–IV 40% 157 (61%) 57 NE 100 79% [9]
96 I–IV 39% 44 (60%) 3 NE 33 91% 5 (CTx) 63% [28]

CR: complete remission; CTx: chemotherapy; ER: endoscopic resection; HP: Helicobacter pylori; IM: immunotherapy; NC: no change; NE: no evaluation; R: rituximab; RT: radiotherapy; S: surgery; SD: stable disease; Tx: treatment; WW: watch and wait. * CR rate of each treatment was unavailable. RT 47, CTx 22, RT + CTx 5, S 5, ER 1, R 1, and third-line antibiotic therapy 1; RT, CTx ± IM, and Sur were performed but detailed information was unavailable.