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A Population-Based Analysis Of Outcomes In Patients With Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma (Eatl), Nwabundo Anusim, Bana Antonios, Ruby Gupta, Vishal Jindal, John Khoury, Ishmael Jaiyesimi
A Population-Based Analysis Of Outcomes In Patients With Enteropathy-Associated T-Cell Lymphoma (Eatl), Nwabundo Anusim, Bana Antonios, Ruby Gupta, Vishal Jindal, John Khoury, Ishmael Jaiyesimi
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Background: EATL is very rare and accounts for less than 1 percent of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas. EATL occurs most commonly in patients with celiac disease and carries a uniformly poor prognosis. The optimal treatment for EATL is unclear and the data is limited to case reports and small retrospective studies.
Methods: ICD-O-3 (9717) histological code was used to identify cases of EATL from the population-based cancer registries of the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program (SEER) between 2006 and 2016. Frequency, demographics, and survival data were assessed using SPSS statistical software.
Results: A total of 138 cases were found. The …