Clinical Study

Characteristics and Results of the Management of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphomas: The Experience of Côte d'Ivoire

Table 4

Therapeutic and evolutional characteristics of patients.

ParametersNumber (%)

Type of therapy
 CHOP63 (100)
 RCHOP0 (0)
Therapeutic response
 Complete remission27 (43)
 Partial remission25 (40)
 Failure11 (17)
Dose adherence
 Normal61 (97)
 Reduction2 (3)
Delay of chemotherapy (days)
 <1544 (70)
 15–3014 (22)
 >305 (8)
Treatment compliance
 Good27 (43)
 Poor36 (57)
Toxicity
 Hematological23 (37)
 Metabolic20 (32)
 Digestive7 (11)
 Cardiac3 (5)
 Neuropathies3 (5)
 Alopecia2 (3)
Number of cycles
 4–746 (73)
 >717 (27)
Outcome at median follow-up
 Progression-free survival20 (32)
 Overall survival31 (49)
 Lost to follow-up8 (13)
 Dead32 (51)
Causes of death
 Progression17 (27)
 Hematological toxicity7 (11)
 Infection4 (6)
 Metabolic toxicity2 (3)
 Undetermined2 (3)