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CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 20, Issue 9, Pages 2338-2349Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-3157
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- National Cancer Institute
- NIH [R01CA138688, 1RC1CA146299, P50CA136411, P50CA142509]
- MD Anderson Cancer Center [CA016672]
- Hematopathology Fellowship Award
- Hematology/Oncology Scholarship Award
- Zurich Stiftung zur Krebsbekaempfung
- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Research Grant Award
- MD Anderson Lymphoma Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) Research Development Program Award
- MD Anderson Myeloma SPORE Research Development Program Award
- MD Anderson Collaborative Research Funds
- High-Throughput Molecular Diagnostics, Daiichi Sankyo, and Roche Molecular Systems
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Purpose: Epstein-Barr virus-positive (EBV+) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the elderly is a variant of DLBCL with worse outcome that occurs most often in East-Asian countries and is uncommon in the Western hemisphere. We studied the largest cohort of EBV+ DLBCL, independent of age, treated with rituximab combined with CHOP (R-CHOP) in developed Western countries. Experimental design: A large cohort (n = 732) of patients with DLBCL treated with R-CHOP chemotherapy is included from the multicenter consortium. This study group has been studied for expression of different biomarkers by immunohistochemistry, genetic abnormalities by FISH and mutation analysis, genomic information by gene expression profiling (GEP), and gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA). Results: Twenty-eight patients (4.0%) were positive for EBV with a median age of 60.5 years. No clinical characteristics distinguished patients with EBV+ DLBCL from patients with EBV-negative (EBV-) DLBCL. Genetic aberrations were rarely seen. NF-kappa B p50, phosphorylated STAT-3, and CD30 were more commonly expressed in EBV+ DLBCLs (P < 0.05). Significant differences in survival were not observed in patients with EBV+ DLBCL versus EBV- DLBCL. However, CD30 expression combined with EBV conferred an inferior outcome. GEP showed a unique expression signature in EBV+ DLBCL. GSEA revealed enhanced activity of the NF-kappa B and JAK/STAT pathways independent of molecular subtype. Conclusions: The clinical characteristics of patients with EBV+ versus EBV- DLBCL are similar and EBV infection does not predict a worse outcome. EBV+ DLBCL, however, has a unique genetic signature. CD30 expression is more common in EBV+ DLBCL and, consistent CD30 and EBV is associated with an adverse outcome. (C) 2014 AACR.
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