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Peripheral blood CD8+ T-cell count at diagnosis predicts prognosis in R-CHOP-treated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients.

Baseline immune cell counts help predict treatment outcomes in lymphoma, potentially guiding therapy selection.

Baseline peripheral blood CD8+ T-cell count at diagnosis is an independent prognostic factor for outcomes in R-CHOP-treated DLBCL patients. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
retrospective cohort
Category
hematologic_malignancies
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Ann Hematol

Why it surfaced

Clinically practical CBC-accessible immune biomarker for DLBCL prognosis, potentially implementable in routine practice without specialized assays.

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