Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT: Background
Primary intestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (iDLBCL) is rare. In this study, we investigated the clinicopathological features of this disease to further understand the prognostic value of CD5, programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) on tumor cells.Methods
Tumor specimens from 62 patients consecutively diagnosed with primary iDLBCL at a single institution were analyzed.Results
Our series consisted of EBV-positive (EBV+ ) iDLBCL (n = 10), de novo CD5+ iDLBCL (n = 4), and DLBCL, not otherwise specified (DLBCL-NOS; n = 48). Notably, seven of 10 EBV+ cases had treated lymphoma-associated (n = 4) or iatrogenic immunodeficiency (n = 3). Two of 10 EBV+ cases expressed PD-L1 on tumor cells, whereas the remaining eight were positive for PD-L1 on microenvironment immune cells. Only one DLBCL-NOS case had neoplastic PD-L1 expression with a giant cell-rich appearance. Both EBV-harboring and PD-L1 expression on tumor cells, but not CD5, were associated with worse overall survival (OS) in iDLBCL patients receiving rituximab-containing chemotherapy (P = 0.0354, P = 0.0092, and P = 0.1097, respectively). Multivariate analysis identified PD-L1 positivity on tumor cells (P = 0.0106), PD-L1 negativity on microenvironment immune cells (P = 0.0193), and EBV positivity (P = 0.0324) as poor independent prognostic factors for OS. Among iDLBCL cases without any EBV association, CD5 positivity, or neoplastic PD-L1 expression, high PD-L1 expression (≥40%) on microenvironment immune cells predicted an extremely favorable outcome.Conclusion
EBV+ iDLBCL mainly comprised immunodeficiency-associated patients, which may highlight the specificity of the intestine. PD-L1 expression on tumor cells or microenvironment immune cells was found to have an opposite prognostic impact in iDLBCL.
SUBMITTER: Ishikawa E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6308116 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ishikawa Eri E Kato Seiichi S Shimada Kazuyuki K Tanaka Tsutomu T Suzuki Yuka Y Satou Akira A Kohno Kei K Sakakibara Ayako A Yamamura Takeshi T Nakamura Masanao M Miyahara Ryoji R Goto Hidemi H Nakamura Shigeo S Hirooka Yoshiki Y
Cancer medicine 20181118 12
<h4>Background</h4>Primary intestinal diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (iDLBCL) is rare. In this study, we investigated the clinicopathological features of this disease to further understand the prognostic value of CD5, programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) on tumor cells.<h4>Methods</h4>Tumor specimens from 62 patients consecutively diagnosed with primary iDLBCL at a single institution were analyzed.<h4>Results</h4>Our series consisted of EBV-positive (EBV<sup>+</sup ...[more]