Pretreatment Liver Injury Predicts Poor Prognosis of DLBCL Patients.
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SUBMITTER: Shi Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5646333 | biostudies-literature | 2017
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Pretreatment Liver Injury Predicts Poor Prognosis of DLBCL Patients.
Shi Qing Q Shen Rong R Wang Chao-Fu CF Fan Xing X Qian Ying Y Ou-Yang Bin-Shen BS Zhao Yan Y Leboeuf Christophe C Janin Anne A Cheng Shu S Wang Li L Zhao Wei-Li WL
Mediators of inflammation 20170917
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous group of lymphoma, with different clinical manifestation and prognosis. The International Prognostic Index (IPI), an index designed during the prerituximab era for aggressive lymphoma, showed variable values in the prediction of patient clinical outcomes. The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic value and causes of pretreatment liver injury in 363 de novo DLBCL patients in our institution. Pretreatment liver impairment, commonly ...[more]
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