Prognosis

Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program data (2000-2020) report the following relative survival rates (all stages) by time since diagnosis:[77]

  • 92.4% (2-year survival)

  • 84.8% (5-year survival)

  • 71.8% (10-year survival)

Targeted therapies, particularly Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitors (e.g., ibrutinib, acalabrutinib, zanubrutinib), B-cell lymphoma-2 protein (BCL2) inhibitors (e.g., venetoclax), and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors (e.g., duvelisib, idelalisib), are particularly useful in patients with a poor prognosis (del(17p) or TP53 mutation; relapsed/refractory disease).[75]​ Survival among patients with a poor prognosis may now exceed 8 years.[78]

Prognostic outcomes are likely to improve with increasing availability of targeted therapies.

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