Table 1.
Improvements in patients' outcomes over time according to International Prognostic Index
* Risk factors include age at least 45 years, male gender, white blood cell count at least 15,000/mm3, hemoglobin less than 10.5 g/dL, absolute lymphocyte count less than 600/mm3 or less than 8% of the white blood cell count, albumin less than 4.0 g/dL, and stage IV disease.