Prognostic Indexes in Follicular Lymphoma

A Comparison of Different Prognostic Systems

Lichtman, Stuart M. MD, FACP

Associate Attending, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Commack, NY

Dr. Lichtman reports no financial relationship to this field of study.

Clinical Oncology Alert 20(10):p 75-76, October 2005.

Synopsis:

In this series, all 3 indexes, IPI, ILI, and FLIPI, were useful to classify FL patients into differentiated risk groups, although the FLIPI identified a larger proportion of high-risk patients than the IPI and ILI.