HCV Virus and Lymphoid Neoplasms

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients.

	Anti-HCV-antibody positive	Anti-HCV; antibody negative
Median age (range)	72 (43–90)	66 (19–99)
Sex (M/F)	7/7	99/81
Disease
DLB	12	108
FL		43
MALT	1	11
MCL		11
BL		4
EB associated LPD	1	3
Stage	6	46
I-II
III-IV	8	134
International prognostic index
(1/L1/1H/H)	4/2/4/4	48/42/41/49
Recurrence/refractory	8	71

Abbreviations: HCV as hepatitis C virus; DLB as diffuse large B cell lymphoma; FL as follicular lymphoma; MALT as maltoma; MCL as mantle cell lymphoma; Burkitt lymphoma; LPD as Iymphoproliferative disease; L as low risk; LI as low-intermediate risk; IH as intermediate-high risk: H as high risk of international prognostic index.