Table 1.

Clinico-biological features of patients with SMZL-T at transformation time point.

CharacteristicTotal (%)
Age >60 y 24/36 (66.7) 
Male/female 14/27 (34.1/65.8) 
B symptoms 21/31 (67.7) 
ECOG performance status ≥2 8/32 (25) 
Ann Arbor stage III–IV 28/32 (87.5) 
Bulky disease (>7 cm) 6/28 (21.4) 
Hemoglobin < 100 g/L 10/32 (31.3) 
Platelets < 100 × 109/L 5/32 (15.6) 
Lactate dehydrogenase > UNL 21/28 (75) 
B2-microglobulin > UNL 21/24 (87.5) 
High–intermediate or high-risk IPI 20/32 (62.5) 
Complex karyotype  
Diagnosis 6/12 (50) 
Transformation 7/11 (63.6) 
del7q  
Diagnosis 3/12 (25) 
Transformation 3/11 (27.3) 
FISH at transformation  
BCL2 rearrangement 0/15 (0) 
BCL6 rearrangement 2/20 (10) 
MYC rearrangement 1/23 (4.3) 
Histological transformation  
At diagnosis 5/36 (13.9) 
During follow-up 31/36 (86.1) 
Median time to transformation (range), y 2.42 (0-17) 
Median time to treatment (range), y 0.21 (0-11.7) 
CharacteristicTotal (%)
Age >60 y 24/36 (66.7) 
Male/female 14/27 (34.1/65.8) 
B symptoms 21/31 (67.7) 
ECOG performance status ≥2 8/32 (25) 
Ann Arbor stage III–IV 28/32 (87.5) 
Bulky disease (>7 cm) 6/28 (21.4) 
Hemoglobin < 100 g/L 10/32 (31.3) 
Platelets < 100 × 109/L 5/32 (15.6) 
Lactate dehydrogenase > UNL 21/28 (75) 
B2-microglobulin > UNL 21/24 (87.5) 
High–intermediate or high-risk IPI 20/32 (62.5) 
Complex karyotype  
Diagnosis 6/12 (50) 
Transformation 7/11 (63.6) 
del7q  
Diagnosis 3/12 (25) 
Transformation 3/11 (27.3) 
FISH at transformation  
BCL2 rearrangement 0/15 (0) 
BCL6 rearrangement 2/20 (10) 
MYC rearrangement 1/23 (4.3) 
Histological transformation  
At diagnosis 5/36 (13.9) 
During follow-up 31/36 (86.1) 
Median time to transformation (range), y 2.42 (0-17) 
Median time to treatment (range), y 0.21 (0-11.7) 

ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; UNL, upper normal limit.

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