Impact of comorbidity on disease characteristics, treatment intent and outcome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a Swedish lymphoma register study.
Tove WästerlidM MohammadiKarin E SmedbyIngrid GlimeliusMats JerkemanM BottaiS ElorantaPublished in: Journal of internal medicine (2018)
Comorbidity is associated with inferior DLBCL outcome, mainly due to a lower likelihood of receiving treatment with curative intent. Possibly, more comorbid DLBCL patients could be treated with curative intent if comorbid conditions were optimized in parallel.