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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 Eloranta
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • diffuse large b cell lymphoma
  • epstein barr virus
  • prognostic factors
  • end stage renal disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • ejection fraction
  • combination therapy
  • smoking cessation