Table 2.

Relative frequency and disease-specific 5-year survival of 1905 primary cutaneous lymphomas classified according to the WHO-EORTC classification


WHO-EORTC classification

No.

Frequency, %*

Disease-specific 5-year survival, %
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma    
   Indolent clinical behavior     
      Mycosis fungoides   800   44   88  
      Folliculotropic MF   86   4   80  
      Pagetoid reticulosis   14   < 1   100  
      Granulomatous slack skin   4   < 1   100  
      Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma   146   8   95  
      Lymphomatoid papulosis   236   12   100  
      Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma   18   1   82  
      Primary cutaneous CD4+ small/medium pleomorphic T-cell lymphoma  39   2   75  
   Aggressive clinical behavior     
      Sézary syndrome   52   3   24  
      Primary cutaneous NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type   7   < 1   NR  
      Primary cutaneous aggressive CD8+ T-cell lymphoma  14   < 1   18  
      Primary cutaneous γ/δ T-cell lymphoma  13   < 1   NR  
      Primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified‡   47   2   16  
Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma    
   Indolent clinical behavior     
      Primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphoma   127   7   99  
      Primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma   207   11   95  
   Intermediate clinical behavior     
      Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type   85   4   55  
      Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, other   4   < 1   50  
      Primary cutaneous intravascular large B-cell lymphoma
 
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WHO-EORTC classification

No.

Frequency, %*

Disease-specific 5-year survival, %
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma    
   Indolent clinical behavior     
      Mycosis fungoides   800   44   88  
      Folliculotropic MF   86   4   80  
      Pagetoid reticulosis   14   < 1   100  
      Granulomatous slack skin   4   < 1   100  
      Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma   146   8   95  
      Lymphomatoid papulosis   236   12   100  
      Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma   18   1   82  
      Primary cutaneous CD4+ small/medium pleomorphic T-cell lymphoma  39   2   75  
   Aggressive clinical behavior     
      Sézary syndrome   52   3   24  
      Primary cutaneous NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal-type   7   < 1   NR  
      Primary cutaneous aggressive CD8+ T-cell lymphoma  14   < 1   18  
      Primary cutaneous γ/δ T-cell lymphoma  13   < 1   NR  
      Primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified‡   47   2   16  
Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma    
   Indolent clinical behavior     
      Primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphoma   127   7   99  
      Primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma   207   11   95  
   Intermediate clinical behavior     
      Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type   85   4   55  
      Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, other   4   < 1   50  
      Primary cutaneous intravascular large B-cell lymphoma
 
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< 1
 
65
 

NR indicates not reached.

*

Data are based on 1905 patients with a primary cutaneous lymphoma registered at the Dutch and Austrian Cutaneous Lymphoma Group between 1986 and 2002

Primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, unspecified excluding the three provisional entities indicated with a double dagger (‡)

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