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Table 1 Analysis of clinicopathological factors for chinese patients and report cases

From: Clinicopathologic characteristics and prognostic factors for primary spinal epidural lymphoma: report on 36 Chinese patients and review of the literature

Characteristics

Chinese patients

Report cases

P value

n = 36 (%)

n = 94 (%)

Median age (year)

26

48

/

Median survival (month)

12

27

/

Gender

 Male

26 (74.3)

50 (60.0)

 

 Female

9 (25.7)

34 (40.0)

0.640

Pathology

 B cell lymphoma

25 (78.1)

69 (74.2)

 

 T cell lymphoma

6 (18.8)

7 (7.5)

 

 Burkitt’s lymphoma

1 (3.1)

17 (18.3)

0.035

Stage

 I

13 (76.5)

44 (81.5)

 

 II-IV

4 (23.5)

10 (18.5)

0.651

Range

 1–2 spine

8 (22.9)

25 (50.0)

 

 3–4 spine

21 (60.0)

14 (28.0)

 

  ≥ 5 spine

6 (17.1)

11 (22.0)

0.010

S + RT + CT

 Yes

5 (14.3)

45 (48.9)

 

 No

30 (85.7)

47 (51.1)

<0.001

S + CT

 Yes

17 (56.7)

57 (62.0)

 

 No

18 (43.3)

35 (38.0)

0.172

S

 Yes

33 (94.3)

85 (92.4)

 

 No

2 (5.7)

7 (7.6)

0.710

S only

 Yes

15 (42.9)

3 (3.3)

 

 No

20 (57.1)

89 (96.7)

<0.001

  1. S surgery, CT chemotherapy, RT radiotherapy, Bold indicates significant values