Daniel Noerenberg, Franziska Briest, Cornelius Hennch, Kenichi Yoshida, Raphael Hablesreiter, Yasuhide Takeuchi, Hiroo Ueno, Annette M Staiger, Marita Ziepert, Fazila Asmar, Benjamin N Locher, Erika Toth, Thomas Weber, Rose-Marie Amini, Wolfram Klapper, Maria Bouzani, Viola Poeschel, Andreas Rosenwald, Gerhard Held, Elías Campo, Naveed Ishaque, Kostas Stamatopoulos, George Kanellis, Ioannis Anagnostopoulos, Lars Bullinger, Neta Goldschmidt, Pier Luigi Zinzani, Csaba Bödör, Richard Rosenquist, Theodoros P Vassilakopoulos, German Ott, Seishi Ogawa, Frederik Damm
PURPOSE: Primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) is a rare aggressive lymphoma predominantly affecting young female patients. Large-scale genomic investigations and genetic markers for risk stratification are lacking. PATIENTS AND METHODS: To elucidate the full spectrum of genomic alterations, samples from 340 patients with previously untreated PMBCL were investigated by whole-genome (n = 20), whole-exome (n = 78), and targeted (n = 308) sequencing. Statistically significant prognostic variables were identified using a multivariable Cox regression model and confirmed by L1/L2 regularized regressions...
February 1, 2024: Journal of Clinical Oncology