TABLE 1

Patient and Disease Characteristics

CharacteristicBrazilChileHungaryIndiaItalySouth KoreaPhilippinesThailandTotal
No. of patients614765324992044327
Sex (M)29 (48)27 (57)35 (54)22 (69)23 (47)6 (67)8 (40)23 (52)173 (53)
Ethnicity
 Asian00032092044105
 Caucasian04765048000160
 Chinese000010001
 Mixed61000000061
Age at diagnosis (y)
 Median545956535556525555
 Quartiles45, 6546, 6543, 6847, 5743, 6654, 6041, 6445, 6344, 64
WHO/ECOG performance status
 031 (51)23 (48)28 (43)15 (47)35 (72)6 (67)08 (18)146 (45)
 129 (47)12 (35)23 (35)16 (50)7 (14)3 (33)15 (75)25 (57)130 (40)
 21 (2)4 (9)11 (17)1 (3)5 (10)05 (25)9 (20)36 (11)
 304 (9)2 (3)01 (2)002 (5)9 (3)
 404 (9)1 (2)01 (2)0006 (2)
IPI score
 0–127 (44)19 (40)33 (51)14 (44)20 (41)2 (22)6 (30)14 (32)135 (41)
 217 (28)7 (15)10 (15)13 (41)13 (27)3 (33)6 (30)12 (28)81 (25)
 314 (23)10 (21)11 (17)4 (13)10 (20)3 (33)5 (25)11 (25)68 (21)
 4–53 (5)11 (23)11 (17)1 (3)6 (12)1 (11)3 (15)7 (11)43 (13)
Clinical stage
 I4 (7)7 (15)7 (11)1 (3)1 (4)001 (2)20 (6)
 II20 (33)9 (19)21 (32)12 (38)7 (14)4 (44)7 (35)15 (34)96 (29)
 III8 (13)12 (26)8 (12)11 (34)9 (18)2 (22)7 (35)10 (23)65 (20)
 IV29 (48)19 (40)29 (45)8 (25)30 (63)3 (33)6 (30)18 (41)145 (44)
Extranodal sites ≥ 218 (30)19 (40)14 (22)3 (9)13 (27)5 (56)7 (35)16 (36)95 (29)
LDH > normal31 (51)20 (43)30 (46)22 (69)20 (41)7 (78)10 (50)26 (59)166 (51)
Bulky disease > 5 cm29 (48)23 (49)35 (54)12 (38)27 (55)1 (11)11 (55)26 (59)164 (50)
  • WHO/ECOG = World Health Organization/Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.

  • Data in parentheses are percentages.