Why the study?
The incidence and prognosis of primary cardiac lymphoma remained to be evaluated using population-based data.
Does chemotherapy alone or combined with surgery improve overall and cause-specific survival in patients with primary cardiac lymphoma?
Population
144 patients diagnosed with primary cardiac lymphoma in the SEER database (1975 to 2016)
Comparison
Prognostic factors and treatment modalities including chemotherapy and surgery
Design
Retrospective database cohort study
Authors
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May support chemotherapy plus surgery in primary cardiac lymphoma; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does chemotherapy alone or combined with surgery improve overall and cause-specific survival in patients with primary cardiac lymphoma?
In patients with primary cardiac lymphoma, older age and advanced Ann Arbor stage are independent risk factors, while treatment with chemotherapy or combined with surgery improves long-term survival.
Xiao et al. (2020) studied this question.
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