PMID- 30737994 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191114 LR - 20191114 IS - 1600-0609 (Electronic) IS - 0902-4441 (Linking) VI - 102 IP - 5 DP - 2019 May TI - Stratification by MYC expression has prognostic impact in MYC translocated B-cell lymphoma-Identifies a subgroup of patients with poor outcome. PG - 395-406 LID - 10.1111/ejh.13219 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: In patients with large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) according to WHO, the prognostic significance of MYC translocation is still not sufficiently clarified. We therefore aimed to investigate whether prognostication could be improved in patients with MYC translocation positive LBCL by additional stratification according to MYC and BCL2 protein expression levels or MYC translocation partner gene as well as concurrent BCL2 and/or BCL6 translocation (DH). METHODS: From an unselected consecutive cohort of >600 patients with LBCL investigated with fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), 64 patients were diagnosed with MYC translocation positive LBCL and included in the study. They were further investigated for supplemental translocations with FISH and MYC and BCL2 protein expression with immunohistochemistry (IHC). RESULTS: MYC expression >75% was associated with both reduced progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) (PFS: HR 6.8 (95% CI 1.5-31), P = 0.004. OS: HR 4.3 (95% CI 0.9-21), P = 0.05). Immunoglobulin (IG) MYC translocation partner gene was related to high MYC protein expression (P = 0.047) but was not prognostic for PFS (P = 0.8) or OS (P = 0.6). DH did not confer a worse outcome compared to MYC single hit (SH). These findings were confirmed in a comparable, independent validation cohort of 28 patients with MYC translocation positive LBCL. All patients included in the survival analyses were treated with R-CHOP (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone) or R-CHOEP (R-CHOP + etoposide). CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that in patients with LBCL stratification by MYC protein expression level significantly improves the prognostic impact associated with MYC translocation. CI - (c) 2019 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Pedersen, Mette Olgod AU - Pedersen MO AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8561-9421 AD - Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. FAU - Gang, Anne Ortved AU - Gang AO AD - Department of Hematology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. FAU - Clasen-Linde, Erik AU - Clasen-Linde E AD - Department of Pathology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Breinholt, Marie Fredslund AU - Breinholt MF AD - Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. FAU - Knudsen, Helle AU - Knudsen H AD - Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. FAU - Nielsen, Signe Ledou AU - Nielsen SL AD - Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. FAU - Poulsen, Tim Svenstrup AU - Poulsen TS AD - Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. FAU - Klausen, Tobias Wirenfeldt AU - Klausen TW AD - Department of Hematology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. FAU - Hogdall, Estrid AU - Hogdall E AD - Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. FAU - Norgaard, Peter AU - Norgaard P AD - Department of Pathology, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev, Denmark. LA - eng GR - Krista og Viggo Petersens fond/ GR - Dansk Kraeftforsknings Fond/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190306 PL - England TA - Eur J Haematol JT - European journal of haematology JID - 8703985 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (Oncogene Proteins, Fusion) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects/therapeutic use MH - *Biomarkers, Tumor MH - Female MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Lymphoma, B-Cell/diagnosis/*genetics/*mortality/therapy MH - Male MH - Neoplasm Staging MH - Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics/metabolism MH - Prognosis MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/*genetics/metabolism MH - *Translocation, Genetic OTO - NOTNLM OT - B-cell OT - BCL2 OT - MYC OT - WHO OT - fluorescent in situ hybridization OT - immunohistochemistry OT - lymphoma OT - prognostic EDAT- 2019/02/10 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/15 06:00 CRDT- 2019/02/10 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/01/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/01/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/02/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/10 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/ejh.13219 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Haematol. 2019 May;102(5):395-406. doi: 10.1111/ejh.13219. Epub 2019 Mar 6.