Analysis of prognostic factors for survival in 75 Chinese patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

The article discusses research which was conducted to analyze the prognostic factors for survival in 75 Chinese patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). Researchers evaluated patients with PTCL who were newly diagnosed between April 2004 and November 2011 at the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. They found that the three year overall survival rate of all patients was 49% and that age and bone marrow involvement were factors which affected overall survival.